A habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
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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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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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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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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue…. In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
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An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Bring down the curtain, the farce is over.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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