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
One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
Frugality is for the vulgar.
A bellyful is a bellyful.
Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man.
I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
Never did a great man hate good wine.
It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.
I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue.... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.