I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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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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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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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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