When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA crier of green sauce.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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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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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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