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Never did a great man hate good wine.

Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain. [Fr., Centre fortune, la diverse un chartier rompit nazardes son fouet.]
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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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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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A bellyful is a bellyful.
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Science sans conscience n' est que le ruine de l'âme. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruine of the soule.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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