When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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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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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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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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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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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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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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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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