19 Quotes & Sayings By Francois Rabelais

Francois Rabelais was a French Renaissance author, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk, scholar, clergyman and satirist. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel in which he describes the adventures of the two main characters, Gargantua and Pantagruel.

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There are more old drunkards than old physicians. Francois Rabelais
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We have here other fish to fry. Francois Rabelais
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking-glass. Francois Rabelais
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Then I began to think that it is very true which is commonly said that the one-half of the world knoweth not how the other half liveth. Francois Rabelais
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Nature abhors a vacuum. Francois Rabelais
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Plain as a nose in a man's face. Francois Rabelais
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We always long for forbidden things k and desire what is denied us. Francois Rabelais
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God. Francois Rabelais
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He replies nothing but monosyllables. I believe he would make three bites of a cherry. Francois Rabelais
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God. Francois Rabelais
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives. Francois Rabelais
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks. Francois Rabelais
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I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him. Francois Rabelais
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words. Francois Rabelais
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To good and true love fear is forever affixed. Francois Rabelais
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains. Francois Rabelais
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things with Time all things are revealed Time is the father of truth. Francois Rabelais
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Misery is the company of lawsuits. Francois Rabelais