Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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