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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.

Francois Rabelais

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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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Devil Himself Monk Sick
Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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Goodness Make Up Nature Start Woman
I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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Confidence Himself Hope Place Strength Thinking
A good intention does not mean honor.
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Goodness Intention Respect
No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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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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Believe Herself Subject Symbol Word
The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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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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Accomplishment Happiness Possible Save Soul Willing
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Hunger Strength
Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Nature One Liner
I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Comfort God Prayer Save Sleep
There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Drink Old Physician
I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Drink Future Present Thirsty
Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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Curtain Farce
I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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Drink Forever Myself
A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Fortune Mindset Scorn
If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Catch Fall Hope Oneself Sky
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Counsel Himself Judgement Marriage
Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Lame One Liner
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Lying Poor Togetherness
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Avoid Break Mirror See
If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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Abuse Family Old Rejection Understand Young Yourself
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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Diminish Liberty Man Memories Offering Reason Time

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