Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNever did a great man hate good wine.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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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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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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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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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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