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A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.

Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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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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Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.
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To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
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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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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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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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The probity that scintillizes in the superfices of your persons informs my ratiocinating faculty, in a most stupendous manner, of the radiant virtues latent within the precious caskets and ventricles of your minds.
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