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Francois Rabelais
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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
Clergyman
Monk
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Chinon-sur-Vienne
Francois Rabelais
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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 dress does not make the monk. [Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.]
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
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The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
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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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Early rising is no pleasure early drinking's just the measure.
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Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend to owe is a heroic virtue.
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How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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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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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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