A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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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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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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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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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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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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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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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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To laugh is proper to man.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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