There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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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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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Row on whatever happens.
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