So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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 drink for the thirst to come.
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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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I build only living stones–men.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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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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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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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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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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