Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A habit does not a monk make.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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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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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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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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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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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 never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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