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• He left a paper sealed up, wherein were found three articles as his last will
  I owe much; I have nothing; I give the rest to the poor....
• Bring down the curtain, the farce is played out." "I owe much
  I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor." --Francois Rabelais, writer, 1494?...
• I am just going to leap into the dark. Let down the curtai
  he farce is done. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Motteux's Life...
• I believe he would make three bites of a cherry. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap.
  xxviii...
• I 'll go his halves. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xxiii
• 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...
• He laid him squat as a flounder. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. xxvii
• This flea which I have in mine ear. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iii, Chap.
  xxxi...