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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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A habit does not a monk make.
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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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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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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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What harm in learning and getting knowledge even from a sot, a pot, a fool, a mitten, or a slipper. [Fr., Que nuist savoir tousjours et tousjours apprendre, fust ce D'un sot, d'une pot, d'une que--doufle D'un mouffe, d'un pantoufle.]
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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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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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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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