I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf 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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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Row on whatever happens.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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A crier of green sauce.
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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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A good intention does not mean honor.
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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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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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