A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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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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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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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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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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Row on whatever happens.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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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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