I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOne falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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