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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

Francois Rabelais

Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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Existence Language Natural Ourselves Pleasure Word
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Leave Myself Poor
War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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Beginning Breathe Strength War
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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Certain Fortune Hazard Spirit
I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Drink Future Present Thirsty
Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Goodness Greatness Hate Man Wine
Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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Conscience Ruin Science Soul
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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Believe Herself Subject Symbol Word
I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Anand Thakur
In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Blessing Life Mortal
Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Lying Poor Togetherness
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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Foolish Present Wisdom
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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Accomplishment Happiness Possible Save Soul Willing
Machination is worth more than force.
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Force One Liner Worth
A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Battle Coin Force War

It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

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