You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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