One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIgnorance is the mother of all evils.
FRANCOIS RABELAISSo much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWar begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
FRANCOIS RABELAISLet every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
FRANCOIS RABELAISFriends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
FRANCOIS RABELAISFrom the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBut where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIndeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS