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Francois Rabelais

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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
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Evil Ignorance Mother
Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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Anand Thakur
Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
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Monk Public
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Leave Myself Poor
Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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Happiness Plant Time
It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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Ancient Education Shame Study Writing
Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Drinking Measurement Pleasure Rise
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Avoid Break Mirror See
The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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Anand Thakur
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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Bright Business Day Exercise Light Nature Oneself Sun
In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Blessing Life Mortal
There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Drink Old Physician
No clock is more regular than the belly.
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Body Regular Wisdom
If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion grows.
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Growth Heaven Thankful
Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Freedom Myself Thinking
I build only living stones–men.
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Build Live Man Stone
Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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Lying Poor Togetherness
Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Lame One Liner
I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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Greatness Play Purpose Seek
All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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End Patience Wait Well
A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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Battle Coin Force War
He that has patience may compass anything.
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Anand Thakur
If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Catch Fall Hope Oneself Sky
A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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Drink Rain Wind
The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
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Agreement Celestial Prayer Scent Wine
Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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Believe Herself Subject Symbol Word

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