Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWar 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.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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Row on whatever happens.
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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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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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