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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBring down the curtain, the farce is over.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Row on whatever happens.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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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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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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