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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

Francois Rabelais

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Discover Need Obligation Reality Sun Yourself
The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Court France Nurse
If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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Growth Heaven Thankful
A habit does not a monk make.
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Habit Monk One Liner
The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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Accomplishment Happiness Possible Save Soul Willing
Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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Call Counsel Force Time Virtue
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Anand Thakur
Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Known Live World
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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Beginning Breathe Strength War
Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Freedom Myself Thinking
The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Agreement Celestial Prayer Scent Wine
One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Fall Ground Oneself
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Drink Myself Thinking
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Evil Ignorance Mother
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Mindset Oneself
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Forbidden God Myself Trust

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

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