A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
FRANCOIS RABELAISDon’t limp in front of the lame.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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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 farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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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 owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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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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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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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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A crier of green sauce.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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