I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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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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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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