If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTo good and true love, fear is forever affixed.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
-
-
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
To laugh is proper to man.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
No noble man ever hated good wine.
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 -
Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Nature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
I drink no more than a sponge.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
I am going to seek a great perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
It’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
The Devil was sick – the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS -
The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!
FRANCOIS RABELAIS






