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 RABELAISFor God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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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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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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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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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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