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• Plain as a nose in a man's face.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, The Author's Prologue to the Fifth Book...
• Speak the truth and shame the Devil.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, The Author's Prologue to the Fifth Book...
• You shall never want rope enough.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, The Author's Prologue to the Fifth Book...
• Like hearts of oak.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, The Author's Prologue to the Fifth Book...
• Which was performed to a T. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xli
• It is meat, drink, -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. vii
• Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xix...
• A good crier of green sauce. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book ii, Chap. xxxi
• And so on to the end of the chapter. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. x