I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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 Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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A crier of green sauce.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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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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I build only living stones–men.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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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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