Half Quote by Francois Rabelais Download Open image “Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.” — Francois Rabelais ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Half Half Said Hypocrisy Mass Matins Vespers Monk Monk Mass Religion Said Said Monk Vespers Rung Wells
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If in your soil it takes, to heaven A thousand thousand thanks be given; And say with France, it goodly goes, Where the Pantagruelion… — Francois Rabelais 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 take anything… — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted. — Francois Rabelais 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 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 Copy Share Image
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