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• 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...
• I believe he would make three bites of a cherry. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap.
  xxviii...
• He freshly and cheerfully asked him how a man should kill time.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lxii...
• He that has patience may compass anything. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xlviii...
• Panurge had no sooner heard this, but he was upon the high-rope.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. xviii...
• He did not care a button for it. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book ii, Chap. xvi
• So much is a man worth as he esteems himself. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book ii, Chap.
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• I drink no more than a sponge. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. v