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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
Francois Rabelais
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The dress does not make the monk. [Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.]
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If you say to me: Master, it would seem that you weren't too terribly wise to have written these bits of nonsense and pleasant mockeries, I respond that you are hardly more so in finding amusement in reading them.
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A good intention does not mean honor. [Fr., A bon entendeur ne faut qu'un parole.]
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Plain as a nose in a man's face.
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