Such 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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWhen my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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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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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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