No noble man ever hated good wine.
FRANCOIS RABELAISSo much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
-
-
Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Nature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Hungry bellies have no ears.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Never did a great man hate good wine.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
A habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS