Of a young hermit, an old devil.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBring down the curtain, the farce is over.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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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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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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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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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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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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I build only living stones–men.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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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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