Of a young hermit, an old devil.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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To laugh is proper to man.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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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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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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Don’t limp in front of the lame.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.
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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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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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I drink no more than a sponge.
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A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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We will take the good-will for the deed.
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