Hungry bellies have no ears.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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