A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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