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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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I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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Plain as a nose in a man's face.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
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All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.
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He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse and mule.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.
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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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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend to owe is a heroic virtue.
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