The dress does not make the monk.
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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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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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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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Row on whatever happens.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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