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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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The dress does not make the monk.
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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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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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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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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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