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Type: Clergyman Quotes Category: French Clergyman Quotes Year of Birth: 1493 Date of Death: April 9, 1553 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Francois Rabelais Related Authors: Joseph Roux Abbe Pierre Francois Fenelon Ernest Dimnet Cardinal Richelieu Cardinal De Retz Alfred Loisy Jacques Marquette |
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.
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Francois Rabelais Ignorance is the mother of all evils. Francois Rabelais In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will. Francois Rabelais It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man. Francois Rabelais It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth. Francois Rabelais It is my opinion that time brings all things to fruition; by time all things are made plain; time is the father of truth. Francois Rabelais Misery is the company of Lawsuits. Francois Rabelais Nature abhors a vacuum. Francois Rabelais No clock is more regular than the belly. Francois Rabelais One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools. Francois Rabelais Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish. Francois Rabelais Science without conscience is the death of the soul. Francois Rabelais Tell the truth and shame the devil. Francois Rabelais The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps. Francois Rabelais The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you. Francois Rabelais The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around. Francois Rabelais The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil! Francois Rabelais There are more old drunkards than old physicians. Francois Rabelais There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation. Francois Rabelais Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory. Francois Rabelais |
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