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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

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He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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Adventure Bother End Fortune Pursue Upset
If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Catch Fall Hope Oneself Sky
Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Believe Hero Thing Virtue
I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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Conscience Science Soul
The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
I build only living stones–men.
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Build Live Man Stone
Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Friendship Man Notice Remember
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
We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Acceptance Goodness Will
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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Doctor Happiness Sick Way
I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Drink Future Present Thirsty
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
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
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Hunger Strength
I 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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Knowledge Myself Profit Study Virtue Youth
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Face Monkey Old
Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Crack Fortune Himself
I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Greatness Myself Seek
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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Abuse Family Old Rejection Understand Young Yourself
You 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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Discover Need Obligation Reality Sun Yourself
I drink no more than a sponge.
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Drink Myself One Liner
I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Grand One Liner Seek
Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Corruption Easy Happiness Serve
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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