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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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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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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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