Machination is worth more than force.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTell the truth and shame the devil.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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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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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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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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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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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 build only living stones–men.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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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 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’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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