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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.

Francois Rabelais

Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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Conscience Ruin Science Soul
The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Body Fair Word
In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Blessing Life Mortal
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Avoid Break Mirror See
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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Diminish Liberty Man Memories Offering Reason Time
Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Happiness Plant Time
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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Expectation Happiness Harm Natural True
The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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Devil Himself Monk Sick
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Anand Thakur
I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Comfort God Prayer Save Sleep
He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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Adventure Himself Horse Lose
I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Courage Cry Human Laughter Man Writing
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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Call Counsel Force Time Virtue
Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Known Live World
Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Friendship Man Notice Remember
Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Greatness Guide Himself Judgement Sound World

But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.

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