How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAISI build only living stones–men.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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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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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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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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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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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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