There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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 are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Row on whatever happens.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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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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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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