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Francois Rabelais quotes: Thirst, for who in the time of innocence would have drunk without being athirst? Nay, sir, it was drinking; for privatio praesupponit habitum. Thirst, for who in the time of innocence would have drunk without being athirst? Nay, sir, it was drinking; for privatio praesupponit habitum.
Francois Rabelais quotes: The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps. The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Bring down the curtain,the farce is played out. Bring down the curtain,
the farce is played out.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Tell the truth and shame the devil. Tell the truth and shame the devil.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I drink no more than a sponge. I drink no more than a sponge.
Francois Rabelais quotes: May the fire of St. Anthony fly up thy fundament. May the fire of St. Anthony fly up thy fundament.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet. I'd gladly do without a valet. I'm never so well treated as when I'm without a valet.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground. Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.
Francois Rabelais quotes: He that has patience may compass anything. He that has patience may compass anything.
Francois Rabelais quotes: He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,loses horse and mule. He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.
Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,
loses horse and mule.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I am going to seek the great Perhaps. I am going to seek the great Perhaps.
Francois Rabelais quotes: How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise? How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
Francois Rabelais quotes: The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he
Francois Rabelais quotes: Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure. Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I have nothing, I owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor. I have nothing, I owe a great deal, and the rest I leave to the poor.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune. Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Oh thrice and four times happy ... those who plant cabbages. Oh thrice and four times happy ... those who plant cabbages.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I build only living stonesmen. I build only living stones
men.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Science without conscience is the soul's perdition. Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.
Francois Rabelais quotes: A crier of green sauce. A crier of green sauce.
Francois Rabelais quotes: No noble man ever hated good wine. No noble man ever hated good wine.
Francois Rabelais quotes: From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains. From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Bring down the curtain, the farce is over Bring down the curtain, the farce is over
Francois Rabelais quotes: Science without conscience is the death of the soul. Science without conscience is the death of the soul.
Francois Rabelais quotes: A mother-in-law dies only when another devil is needed in hell. A mother-in-law dies only when another devil is needed in hell.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you. Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
Francois Rabelais quotes: If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by allboth old and young. If you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all
both old and young.
Francois Rabelais quotes: One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools. One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Half the world does not know how the other half lives. Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
Francois Rabelais quotes: A habit does not a monk make. A habit does not a monk make.
Francois Rabelais quotes: To laugh is proper to man. To laugh is proper to man.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Bottle, whose Mysterious Deep Do's ten thousand Secrets keep, With attentive Ear I wait; Ease my Mind, and speak my Fate. Bottle, whose Mysterious Deep Do's ten thousand Secrets keep, With attentive Ear I wait; Ease my Mind, and speak my Fate.
Francois Rabelais quotes: The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words. The belly has no ears nor is it to be filled with fair words.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Death is the vast perhaps. Death is the vast perhaps.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Don't limp in front of the lame. Don't limp in front of the lame.
Francois Rabelais quotes: How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself? How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
Francois Rabelais quotes: the wise may be instructed by a fool the wise may be instructed by a fool
Francois Rabelais quotes: Debts and lies are generally mixed together. Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
Francois Rabelais quotes: The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil! The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
Francois Rabelais quotes: I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor. I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God. I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted. Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.
Francois Rabelais quotes: If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks. If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
Francois Rabelais quotes: There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires. There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
Francois Rabelais quotes: It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man. It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said. Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
Francois Rabelais quotes: It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out. It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Misery is the company of lawsuits. Misery is the company of lawsuits.
Francois Rabelais quotes: A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles. A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could. I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
Francois Rabelais quotes: A bellyful is a bellyful. A bellyful is a bellyful.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Strike the iron whilst it is hot. Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free. Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I go to see a Greater Perhaps. I go to see a Greater Perhaps.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God. I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Everything comes in time to those who can wait. Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind. Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
Francois Rabelais quotes: For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears. For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
Francois Rabelais quotes: But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Machination is worth more than force. Machination is worth more than force.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Appetite comes with eating. Appetite comes with eating.
Francois Rabelais quotes: There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation. There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
Francois Rabelais quotes: We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
Francois Rabelais quotes: In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will. In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
Francois Rabelais quotes: How comes it that you curse, Frere Jean? It's only, said the monk, in order to embellish my language. They are the colors of Ciceronian rhetoric. How comes it that you curse, Frere Jean? It's only, said the monk, in order to embellish my language. They are the colors of Ciceronian rhetoric.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I drink for the thirst to come. I drink for the thirst to come.
Francois Rabelais quotes: When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself. When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Baste! enough! I sup, I wet, I humect, I moisten my gullet, I drink, and all for fear of dying. Drink always and you shall never die. Baste! enough! I sup, I wet, I humect, I moisten my gullet, I drink, and all for fear of dying. Drink always and you shall never die.
Francois Rabelais quotes: One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man. One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue ... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge. I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue ... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
Francois Rabelais quotes: In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout. In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws. Fate leads the willing, and th' unwilling draws.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Between two stools one sits on the ground. Between two stools one sits on the ground.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Frugality is for the vulgar. Frugality is for the vulgar.
Francois Rabelais quotes: If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes. If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I do not drink more than a sponge. I do not drink more than a sponge.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Appetite comes with eating ... but thirst goes away with drinking. Appetite comes with eating ... but thirst goes away with drinking.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Ignorance is the mother of all evils. Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment. Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.
Francois Rabelais quotes: The appetite grows with eating. The appetite grows with eating.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Plain as a nose in a man's face. Plain as a nose in a man's face.
Francois Rabelais quotes: 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 the head and never turns 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 the head and never turns around.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity. I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
Francois Rabelais quotes: A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der). A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der).
Francois Rabelais quotes: Giving words [is] an act of lovers. Giving words [is] an act of lovers.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind. Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I never drink without a thirst, either present or future. I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
Francois Rabelais quotes: I am going to seek a great perhaps. I am going to seek a great perhaps.
Francois Rabelais quotes: It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth. It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
Francois Rabelais quotes: You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so. You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this. Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
Francois Rabelais quotes: For he who can wait, everything comes in time. For he who can wait, everything comes in time.
Francois Rabelais quotes: There are more old drunkards than old physicians. There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
Francois Rabelais quotes: The dress does not make the monk.[Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.] The dress does not make the monk.
[Fr., L'habit ne fait le moine.]
Francois Rabelais quotes: It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers. It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
Francois Rabelais quotes: Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue. Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
Francois Rabelais quotes: No clock is more regular than the belly. No clock is more regular than the belly.
Francois Rabelais quotes: A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down. A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
Francois Rabelais quotes: ..to laugh is proper to the man. ..to laugh is proper to the man.

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