Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWhen I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Row on whatever happens.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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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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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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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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A crier of green sauce.
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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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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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