I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
FRANCOIS RABELAISPantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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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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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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