The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBelieve me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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Nature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature abhors a vacuum.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
FRANCOIS RABELAISLet every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAISSo much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISYou 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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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI am going to seek a great perhaps.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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I build only living stones–men.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI build only living stones–men.
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Appetite comes with eating.
FRANCOIS RABELAISAppetite comes with eating.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
FRANCOIS RABELAISKeep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNo clock is more regular than the belly.
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A crier of green sauce.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA crier of green sauce.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
FRANCOIS RABELAISLanguages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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