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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend to owe is a heroic virtue.

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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Godlike
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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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Always open all gates and roads to your enemies, and rather make for them a bridge of silver, to get rid of them. [Fr., Ouvrez toujours a vos ennemis toutes les portes et chemin, et plutot leur faites un pont d'argent, afin de les renvoyer.]
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So that we may not be like the Athenians, who never consulted except after the event done. [Fr., Afin que ne semblons es Athenians, qui ne consultoient jamais sinon apres le cas faict.]
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Between two stools one sits on the ground.
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Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.
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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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A bellyful is a bellyful.
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Don't limp in front of the lame.
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Because, according to the sage Solomon, wisdom does not enter into a soul that seeks after evil, and knowledge without conscienceis the ruin of the soul, it behooves you to serve, love and fear God and to put all your thoughts and hope in him, and by faith founded in charity, be joined to him, such that you never be separated from him by sin.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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