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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.

Francois Rabelais

When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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Human Leaving Myself Soul State Visible World
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Art Peace Try War
A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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Drink Rain Wind
Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Known Live World
Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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Goodness Make Up Nature Start Woman
Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Anand Thakur
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Freedom Power Rule Willing
Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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Believe Herself Subject Symbol Word
Machination is worth more than force.
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Force One Liner Worth
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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Around Head Missing Moments Right
Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Nature One Liner
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Hot Iron Strike
Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Lying Togetherness
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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Beginning Breathe Strength War
Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Anand Thakur
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Anand Thakur

The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.

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