It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThere are more old drunkards than old physicians.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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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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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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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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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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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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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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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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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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A crier of green sauce.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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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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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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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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The dress does not make the monk.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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