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.
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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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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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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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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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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A habit does not a monk make.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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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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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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