Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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Can 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.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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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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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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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 is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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