Book: Gargantua and Pantagruel. Page 1



According to the order of the chiefs, everything here should be guided by ignorance and have no basis, except: so said the gentlemen of the chiefs; so please the gentlemen chiefs; so ordered gentlemen bosses.
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Everyone in the world, except God, sometimes makes mistakes. Nature herself is no exception, as long as she gives birth to monsters and freaks.
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There is nothing more precious and precious than time - so let's use it for good deeds.
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Euripides Andromache claims that thanks to human ingenuity and divine revelations, a remedy for all poisonous reptiles has been found, but that a remedy for an evil wife has not yet been found.
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Old devils come out of young hermits.
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Cunning philosophers teach us that all problems, questions and doubts to be resolved must be expressed in a definite, clear and understandable form.
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Is there a cure for anger?
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On the facade of the Temple of Apollo, a saying was found, inscribed by some divine power: Know thyself.
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Our sacred Decretals command and order us to visit temples first, and then taverns.
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Whoever waits patiently will always be rewarded.
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Sometimes the devils break their legs.
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Only now did I realize how correct and how deeply thought out was the answer of the noble philosopher Anacharsis, who, when asked which ship seemed to him the most reliable, answered:
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For me, land is better than the sweetest water!
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Let anyone argue about happiness and the highest good - in my opinion, those who grow cabbages should now be considered the highest lucky ones.
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The painter Zeuxis suddenly died of laughter at the sight of a portrait of an old woman, painted by him.
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