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It's a shame to be called educated those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

Francois Rabelais

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Francois Rabelais
Died: 1553
Died: April 9
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I owe much I have nothing the rest I leave to the poor.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
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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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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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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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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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