Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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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
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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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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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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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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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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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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