I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
FRANCOIS RABELAISAppetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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A crier of green sauce.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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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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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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