Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
FRANCOIS RABELAISAppetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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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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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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