One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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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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Row on whatever happens.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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The appetite grows with eating.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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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 most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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