Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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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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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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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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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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A good intention does not mean honor.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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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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