Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBecause 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.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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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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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Machination is worth more than force.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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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 good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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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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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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