There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
FRANCOIS RABELAISMisery is the company of lawsuits.
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 the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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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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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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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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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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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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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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I build only living stones–men.
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