Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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The dress does not make the monk.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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I drink no more than a sponge.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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