In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe 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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOf a young hermit, an old devil.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWe will take the good-will for the deed.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
FRANCOIS RABELAISDebts and lies are generally mixed together.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBut where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
FRANCOIS RABELAISDebts and lies are generally mixed together.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOne should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
FRANCOIS RABELAISSuch is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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