The dress does not make the monk.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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