A war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
More 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.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
A habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Machination is worth more than force.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he’ll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
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 -
Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
I build only living stones–men.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
I am going to seek a great perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS