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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
Francois Rabelais
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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
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Row on [whatever happens]. [Lat., Vogue la galere.]
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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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