One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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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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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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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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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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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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