When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBut where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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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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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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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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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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To laugh is proper to man.
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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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The dress does not make the monk.
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