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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISCan there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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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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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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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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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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A crier of green sauce.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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