The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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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 never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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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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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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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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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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A habit does not a monk make.
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