I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTo good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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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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I build only living stones–men.
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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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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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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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