The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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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I drink for the thirst to come.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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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Machination is worth more than force.
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Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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I build only living stones–men.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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A crier of green sauce.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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