There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe 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.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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A crier of green sauce.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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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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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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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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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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