Francois Rabelais

Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.

— Francois Rabelais

I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.

— Francois Rabelais

Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.

— Francois Rabelais

I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet.

— François Rabelais

Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.

— Francois Rabelais

I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.

— Francois Rabelais

I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.

— Francois Rabelais

The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.

— Francois Rabelais

Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our…

— Francois Rabelais

It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.

— Francois Rabelais

Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.

— Francois Rabelais

The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never…

— Francois Rabelais

War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast…

— Francois Rabelais

There are more old drunkards than old physicians. [Fr., Il y a plus de vieux ivrongnes qu'il y a de vieux medecins.]

— Francois Rabelais

“Thirst, for who in the time of innocence would have drunk without being athirst? Nay, sir, it was drinking; for privatio praesupponit…

— François Rabelais

When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.

— Francois Rabelais

Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.

— Francois Rabelais

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

— Francois Rabelais

I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.

— Francois Rabelais

The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.

— Francois Rabelais

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

— Francois Rabelais

I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.

— Francois Rabelais

I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

— Francois Rabelais

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

— Francois Rabelais

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

— Francois Rabelais

Of a young hermit, an old devil. [Fr., De jeune hermite, vieil diable.]

— Francois Rabelais

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

— Francois Rabelais

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

— Francois Rabelais

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

— Francois Rabelais

Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.

— Francois Rabelais

In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.

— Francois Rabelais

Hungry bellies have no ears. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

— Francois Rabelais

Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.

— Francois Rabelais

Do not limp before the lame. [Old Fr., Ne clochez pas devant les boyteus.]

— Francois Rabelais

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

— Francois Rabelais

For he who can wait, everything comes in time.

— Francois Rabelais

The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.

— Francois Rabelais

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

— Francois Rabelais

From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.

— Francois Rabelais

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

— Francois Rabelais