Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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When 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.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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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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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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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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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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