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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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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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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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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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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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