How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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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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