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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der).
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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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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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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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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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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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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A good intention does not mean honor. [Fr., A bon entendeur ne faut qu'un parole.]
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