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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.

Francois Rabelais

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Anand Thakur
There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Anand Thakur
I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Common Fools Teaching Well Wisdom
I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Comfort God Prayer Save Sleep
Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Lame One Liner
Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Crack Fortune Himself
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Forbidden God Myself Trust
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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Around Head Missing Moments Right
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Art Peace Try War
A good intention does not mean honor.
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Goodness Intention Respect
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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Growth Heaven Thankful
We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Acceptance Goodness Will
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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Bright Business Day Exercise Light Nature Oneself Sun
For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Born Future God Impossible Woman
Death is the vast perhaps.
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Death One Liner
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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Adventure Bother End Fortune Pursue Upset

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