Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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