Never did a great man hate good wine.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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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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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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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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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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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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Machination is worth more than force.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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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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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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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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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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