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 RABELAISMisery is the company of lawsuits.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I build only living stones–men.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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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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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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