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Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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A bellyful is a bellyful.
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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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A good intention does not mean honor. [Fr., A bon entendeur ne faut qu'un parole.]
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It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
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All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.
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I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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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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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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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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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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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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