A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNever did a great man hate good wine.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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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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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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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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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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