Nature abhors a vacuum.
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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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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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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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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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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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Row on whatever happens.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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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 farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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I build only living stones–men.
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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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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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