An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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Row on whatever happens.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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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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