Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOne 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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A good intention does not mean honor.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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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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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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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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