Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA crier of green sauce.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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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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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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