There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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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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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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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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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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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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