The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWhen I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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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 man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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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.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Row on whatever happens.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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