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• Scampering as if the Devil drove them. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  lxii...
• The belly has no ears, nor is it to be filled with fair words.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lxii...
• Which was performed to a T. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xli
• He that has patience may compass anything. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xlviii...
• He laid him squat as a flounder. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book i, Chap. xxvii
• So much is a man worth as he esteems himself. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book ii, Chap.
  xxix...
• The Devil was sick,--the Devil a monk would be; The Devil was well,--the devil a monk was he.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xxiv...
• Above the pitch, out of tune, and off the hinges. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap.
  xix...
• Needs must when the Devil drives. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lvii