Francois Rabelais ✓

(1494–1553) writer

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[Wikidata] 16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)... | [Wikipedia] François Rabelais was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both Protestant theologian John Calvin and from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Though in his day he was best know

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• Debts and lies are generally mixed together. Debt
• We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. Always Long
• Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually… All
• No clock is more regular than the belly. Belly
• There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation. Amongst
• How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise? Antiquity
• Tell the truth and shame the devil. Devil
• From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains. Abstain
• Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue. Believe
• I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. All
• If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks. Attitude
• Misery is the company of lawsuits. Company
• Nature abhors a vacuum. Abhors
• The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of… Bald
• The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil! Agreeable
• When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself. Counsel
• The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink… Bite
• To good and true love, fear is forever affixed. Affixed
• Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking. Appetite
• The appetite grows with eating. Appetite
• When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink. Drink
• There are more old drunkards than old physicians. Drinking
• If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror Avoid
• If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass. Avoid
• Science without conscience is the death of the soul. Conscience

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