How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
FRANCOIS RABELAISEverything comes in time to those who can wait.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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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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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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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.
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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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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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