Never did a great man hate good wine.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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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.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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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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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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