It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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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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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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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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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 be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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