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I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
Francois Rabelais
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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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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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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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It's a shame to be called educated those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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I owe much I have nothing the rest I leave to the poor.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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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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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one's business and ... it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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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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