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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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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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No clock is more regular than the belly.
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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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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend to owe is a heroic virtue.
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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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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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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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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Few and signally blessed are those whom Jupiter has destined to be cabbage-planters. For they've always one foot on the ground andthe other not far from it. Anyone is welcome to argue about felicity and supreme happiness. But the man who plants cabbages I now positively declare to be the happiest of mortals.
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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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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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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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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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