The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
FRANCOIS RABELAISWhen undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAISSuch 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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA good intention does not mean honor.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThere are more old drunkards than old physicians.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
FRANCOIS RABELAISAn old monkey never makes a pretty face.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWar 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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNever did a great man hate good wine.
FRANCOIS RABELAISMisery is the company of lawsuits.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAISLanguages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTime, 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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