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“What cannot be cured must be endured.”

“There was left only the monk to provide for, whom Gargantua would have made Abbot of Seville, but he refused it. He would have given him the Abbey of Bourgueil, or of Sanct Florent, which was better, or both, if it pleased him ; but the monk gave him a very peremptory answer, that he would never take upon him the charge nor government of monks. For how shall I be able, said he, to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself: If you think I have done you, or may hereafter do you any acceptable service, give me leave to found an abbey after my own mind and fancy.”

“He did not care a button for it.”

“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.”

“What is got over the Devil's back is spent under the belly.”

“Scampering as if the Devil drove them.”

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