But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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 most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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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.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A crier of green sauce.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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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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