Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
FRANCOIS RABELAISAll’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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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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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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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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If 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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A good intention does not mean honor.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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