There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
FRANCOIS RABELAISStrike the iron whilst it is hot.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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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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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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