Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable… — Francois Rabelais All things Copy Share Image
If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where… — Francois Rabelais France Copy Share Image
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. — Francois Rabelais Children Copy Share Image
A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune. — Francois Rabelais Certain Copy Share Image
Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said. — Francois Rabelais Half Copy Share Image
I recognize in [my readers] a specific form and individual property, which our predecessors called Pantagruelism, by means of which they never… — Francois Rabelais Books Copy Share Image
But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. — Francois Rabelais Concern Copy Share Image
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted. — Francois Rabelais Debt Copy Share Image
Science sans conscience n' est que le ruine de l'âme. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruine of the soule. — Francois Rabelais Conscience Copy Share Image
I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. — Francois Rabelais Common Copy Share Image
Go, all of you poor people, in the name of God the Creator, and let him forever be your guide. And henceforth,… — Francois Rabelais Apostle paul Copy Share Image
If you wish to be good "Pantagruelists" (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put… — Francois Rabelais Be good Copy Share Image
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man. — Francois Rabelais Humor Copy Share Image
“Baste! enough! I sup, I wet, I humect, I moisten my gullet, I drink, and all for fear of dying. Drink always… — François Rabelais Death Copy Share Image
You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing… — Francois Rabelais Needs Copy Share Image
Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted. — Francois Rabelais Corruption Copy Share Image
I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all… — Francois Rabelais Believe Copy Share Image
“... I say and maintain, that of all torcheculs, arsewisps, bumfodders, tail-napkins, bunghole cleansers, and wipe-breeches, there is none in the world… — François Rabelais Copy Share Image