I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWhen undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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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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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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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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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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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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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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