The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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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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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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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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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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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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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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