Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHalf the world does not know how the other half lives.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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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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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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