I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHe that has patience may compass anything.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Giving words is an act of lovers.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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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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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Row on whatever happens.
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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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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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