War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHe who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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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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The dress does not make the monk.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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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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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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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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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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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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