Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
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Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI 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
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
FRANCOIS RABELAISScience without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
FRANCOIS RABELAISGiving words is an act of lovers.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIgnorance is the mother of all evils.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTime, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA good intention does not mean honor.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
FRANCOIS RABELAISEarly rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe dress does not make the monk.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHe who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.–Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,–loses horse and mule.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNot everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
FRANCOIS RABELAISFrom the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature 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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOf a young hermit, an old devil.
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