I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
FRANCOIS RABELAISPantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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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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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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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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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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