Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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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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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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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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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Row on whatever happens.
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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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