In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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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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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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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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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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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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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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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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I drink no more than a sponge.
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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.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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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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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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