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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.

Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
Clergyman
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
Francois Rabelais
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Wait a second while I take a swig off this bottle: it's my true and only Helicon, my Caballine fount, my sole Enthusiasm. Here, drinking, I deliberate, I reason, I resolve and conclude. After the epilogue I laugh, I write, I compose, I drink. Ennius drinking would write, writing would drink.
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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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So that we may not be like the Athenians, who never consulted except after the event done. [Fr., Afin que ne semblons es Athenians, qui ne consultoient jamais sinon apres le cas faict.]
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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.
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