Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
FRANCOIS RABELAISDon’t limp in front of the lame.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
FRANCOIS RABELAISEverything comes in time to those who can wait.
FRANCOIS RABELAISYou have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
FRANCOIS RABELAISKeep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHow do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
FRANCOIS RABELAISFate leads the willing, and th’ unwilling draws.
FRANCOIS RABELAISDebts and lies are generally mixed together.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBecause 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.
FRANCOIS RABELAISGiving words is an act of lovers.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
FRANCOIS RABELAISSo much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
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