The dress does not make the monk.
FRANCOIS RABELAISDeath is the vast perhaps.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A crier of green sauce.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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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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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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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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