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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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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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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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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 crier of green sauce.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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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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Appetite comes with eating.
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