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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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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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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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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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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 can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
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War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
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It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking.
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I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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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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What harm in learning and getting knowledge even from a sot, a pot, a fool, a mitten, or a slipper. [Fr., Que nuist savoir tousjours et tousjours apprendre, fust ce D'un sot, d'une pot, d'une que--doufle D'un mouffe, d'un pantoufle.]
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Plain as a nose in a man's face.
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The dress does not make the monk. [Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.]
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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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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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He that has patience may compass anything.
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