How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Quote by Francois Rabelais

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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you...

The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you...

One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.

One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.

Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.

Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

Science without conscience is the death of the soul.

Science without conscience is the death of the soul.

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a...

Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a...

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

Debts and lies are generally mixed together

Debts and lies are generally mixed together

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

I drink no more than a sponge

I drink no more than a sponge

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a...

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a...

No clock is more regular than the belly.

No clock is more regular than the belly.

Misery is the company of Lawsuits.

Misery is the company of Lawsuits.

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property...

It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property...