Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Row on whatever happens.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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