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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.

Francois Rabelais

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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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Diminish Liberty Man Memories Offering Reason Time
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Counsel Himself Judgement Marriage
Frugality is for the vulgar.
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One Liner Vulgar
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Face Monkey Old
If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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Abuse Family Old Rejection Understand Young Yourself
In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Blessing Life Mortal
There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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Abandonment Desire Holy Pervert Sacred
I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Courage Cry Human Laughter Man Writing
Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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Certain Fortune Hazard Spirit
Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Crack Fortune Himself
Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Lame One Liner
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Leave Myself Poor
One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Fall Ground Oneself
One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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Adventure Bother End Fortune Pursue Upset
The appetite grows with eating.
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Appetite Eat
We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Acceptance Goodness Will

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