I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe appetite grows with eating.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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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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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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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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Machination is worth more than force.
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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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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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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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