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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.

Francois Rabelais

The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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Accomplishment Happiness Possible Save Soul Willing
Frugality is for the vulgar.
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One Liner Vulgar
Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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Bright Business Day Exercise Light Nature Oneself Sun
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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Growth Heaven Thankful
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Hunger Strength
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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Abuse Family Old Rejection Understand Young Yourself
I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Anand Thakur
To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Fear Goodness Love Relationship True
I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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Greatness Play Purpose Seek
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Counsel Himself Judgement Marriage
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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Animal Bite Dog Thirst Water Yourself
A crier of green sauce.
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Cry One Liner
Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Lame One Liner
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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Abandonment Desire Holy Pervert Sacred
You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Discover Need Obligation Reality Sun Yourself
All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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End Patience Wait Well

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