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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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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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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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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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Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws.
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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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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain. [Fr., Centre fortune, la diverse un chartier rompit nazardes son fouet.]
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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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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
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I am going to seek a great perhaps.
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Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend to owe is a heroic virtue.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible ..., we'll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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If you wish to be good Pantagruelists (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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A bellyful is a bellyful.
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Bottle, whose Mysterious Deep Do's ten thousand Secrets keep, With attentive Ear I wait Ease my Mind, and speak my Fate.
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