Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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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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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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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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To laugh is proper to man.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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