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I am going to seek a grand perhaps.

Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
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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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He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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Plain as a nose in a man's face.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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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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How comes it that you curse, Frere Jean? It's only, said the monk, in order to embellish my language. They are the colors of Ciceronian rhetoric.
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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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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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Bottle, whose Mysterious Deep Do's ten thousand Secrets keep, With attentive Ear I wait Ease my Mind, and speak my Fate.
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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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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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