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Row on [whatever happens]. [Lat., Vogue la galere.]

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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The dress does not make the monk. [Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.]
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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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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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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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than 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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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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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Between two stools one sits on the ground.
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A habit does not a monk make.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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Appetite comes with eating.
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The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.
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