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Francois Rabelais

I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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Anand Thakur
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Mindset Oneself
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’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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Myself Treat
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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Discover Need Obligation Reality Sun Yourself
Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Happiness Plant Time
But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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Concern Greatness Poet Snow
One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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Adventure Bother End Fortune Pursue Upset
No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Body Regular Wisdom
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Leave Myself Poor
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
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Avoid Break Children Fools Mirror See
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
I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Grand One Liner Seek
Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Anand Thakur
For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Born Future God Impossible Woman

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