I build only living stones–men.
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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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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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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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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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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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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