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Francois Rabelais

It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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Father Feeling Reveal Time Truth
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Forbidden God Myself Trust
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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Foolish Present Wisdom
For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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Born Future God Impossible Woman
Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Bite Dog Run Yourself
You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Discover Need Obligation Reality Sun Yourself
I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Common Fools Teaching Well Wisdom
I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Anand Thakur
Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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Curtain Farce
I 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
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Anand Thakur
Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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Crack Fortune Himself
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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Hot Iron Strike
The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Body Fair Word
Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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Greatness Guide Himself Judgement Sound World
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Command Myself Power Rule
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Anand Thakur

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