Francois Rabelais
Francois Rabelais
François Rabelaiswas a major French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. Because of his literary power and historical importance, Western literary critics considered him one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing. His literary legacy is such that today, the word "Rabelaisian" has been...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
I do not drink more than a sponge.
A habit does not a monk make.
He that has patience may compass anything.
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
I drink no more than a sponge.
So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.