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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.

Francois Rabelais

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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Devil Shame Truth
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Drink Myself Thinking
If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Anand Thakur
Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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Bright Business Day Exercise Light Nature Oneself Sun
Frugality is for the vulgar.
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One Liner Vulgar
Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Goodness Greatness Hate Man Wine
To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Fear Goodness Love Relationship True
The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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Animal Bite Dog Thirst Water Yourself
A habit does not a monk make.
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Habit Monk One Liner
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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Anand Thakur
I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Grand One Liner Seek
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
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Diminish Liberty Man Memories Offering Reason Time
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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Call Counsel Force Time Virtue
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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Hard Time Inspirational Patience Time
Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Believe Hero Thing Virtue
I drink no more than a sponge.
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Drink Myself One Liner

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