If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHungry bellies have no ears.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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