I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
FRANCOIS RABELAISDebts and lies are generally mixed together.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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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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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
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