Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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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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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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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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Appetite comes with eating.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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