The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
FRANCOIS RABELAISFriends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Appetite comes with eating.
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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
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When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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Science without conscience is the soul’s perdition.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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Pantagruel was telling me that he believed the queen had given the symbolic word used among her subjects to denote sovereign good cheer, when she said to her tabachins, A panacea.
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Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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No noble man ever hated good wine.
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Frugality is for the vulgar.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
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