A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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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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Death is the vast perhaps.
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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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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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