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• Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.
  -- Alain Rene Le Sage (1668-1747) -- Gil Blas, Book viii, Chap. ix...
• It is meat, drink, -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. vii
• What cannot be cured must be endured. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. xv
• The belly has no ears, nor is it to be filled with fair words.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lxii...
• Thought the moon was made of green cheese. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap.
  xi...
• By robbing Peter he paid Paul, -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. xi
• He always looked a given horse in the mouth. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap.
  xi...
• Nothing is so dear and precious as time. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap.
  v...
• Appetite comes with eating, says Angeston. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap.
  v...