Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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I build only living stones–men.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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