Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
FRANCOIS RABELAISDebts and lies are generally mixed together.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Fate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
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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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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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