One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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Hungry bellies have no ears.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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A crier of green sauce.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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