He that has patience may compass anything.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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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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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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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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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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