In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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I build only living stones–men.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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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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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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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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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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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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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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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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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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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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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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Appetite comes with eating.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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