In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Anand Thakur
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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A crier of green sauce.
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The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Death is the vast perhaps.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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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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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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A habit does not a monk make.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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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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