Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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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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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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