An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A crier of green sauce.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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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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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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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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To laugh is proper to man.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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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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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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