Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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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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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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