The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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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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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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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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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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