I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThere is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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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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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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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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