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• He that has patience may compass anything.
• Which was performed to a T. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xli
• The belly has no ears, nor is it to be filled with fair words.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lxii...
• He freshly and cheerfully asked him how a man should kill time.
  -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lxii...
• 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...
• And thereby hangs a tale. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book v, Chap. iv
• I 'll go his halves. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. xxiii
• Let us fly and save our bacon. -- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553) -- Works, Book iv, Chap. lv