The appetite grows by eating.

François Rabelais · The source reads: “L'appètit vient en mangeant. The appetite grows by eating.”

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

François Rabelais · Gargantua and Pantagruel, I, 52

Science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.

François Rabelais · The source reads: “Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind, and science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.” · Gargantua and Pantagruel, II (1534), 8

To laugh is proper to man.

François Rabelais · Gargantua and Pantagruel, I, Rabelais to the Reader

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Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?

Anthony Trollope · Phineas Finn (1869), ch. 47

We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.

Peter Thiel · Credo of his venture-capital firm, Founders Fund

Deceive boys with toys, but men with oaths.

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“The appetite grows by eating.”

“How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?”

“Science without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.”

“To laugh is proper to man.”

“Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?”

“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”

“Deceive boys with toys, but men with oaths.”