Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
FRANCOIS RABELAISFate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I build only living stones–men.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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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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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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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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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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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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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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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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