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
The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
Go, all of you poor people, in the name of God the Creator, and let him forever be your guide. And henceforth, do not be beguiledby these idle and useless pilgrimages. See to your families, and work, each one of you, in your vocation, raise your children, and live as the good Apostle Paul teaches you.
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.
If you wish to be good "Pantagruelists" (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.