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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.

Francois Rabelais

Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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Anand Thakur
If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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Anand Thakur
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
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Children Deep Fire Parents
War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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Beginning Breathe Strength War
Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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Freedom Myself Thinking
I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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Drink Future Present Thirsty
The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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Court France Nurse
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
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Leave Myself Poor
Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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Existence Language Natural Ourselves Pleasure Word
If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Catch Fall Hope Oneself Sky
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
To laugh is proper to man.
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Anand Thakur
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
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Face Monkey Old
The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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Body Fair Word
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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Drink Myself Thinking

Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.

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