I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNever did a great man hate good wine.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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I build only living stones–men.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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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 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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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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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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