A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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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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Row on whatever happens.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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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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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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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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