How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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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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 drink for the thirst to come.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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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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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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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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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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