To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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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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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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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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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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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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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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I build only living stones–men.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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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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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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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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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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