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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.

Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
Clergyman
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
Francois Rabelais
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Love
Incomparably
Gestures
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Attractive
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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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Machination is worth more than force.
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Don't limp in front of the lame.
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Giving words [is] an act of lovers.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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A good intention does not mean honor. [Fr., A bon entendeur ne faut qu'un parole.]
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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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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