Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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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 sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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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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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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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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