It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA habit does not a monk make.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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A good intention does not mean honor.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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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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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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