There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
FRANCOIS RABELAISPantagruel 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.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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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 urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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