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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

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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Growth Heaven Thankful
Languages 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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Existence Language Natural Ourselves Pleasure Word
A good intention does not mean honor.
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Goodness Intention Respect
I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Common Fools Teaching Well Wisdom
We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Acceptance Goodness Will
Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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Conscience Ruin Science Soul
Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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Certain Fortune Hazard Spirit
I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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Confidence Himself Hope Place Strength Thinking
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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Anand Thakur
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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Anand Thakur
A crier of green sauce.
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Cry One Liner
All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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End Patience Wait Well
Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Monk Public
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Avoid Break Mirror See
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Drink Myself Thinking
I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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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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