I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThere are more old drunkards than old physicians.
FRANCOIS RABELAISEverything comes in time to those who can wait.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAISGestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA crier of green sauce.
FRANCOIS RABELAISCan 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 RABELAISIt’s a shame to be called “educated” those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe 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 RABELAISWisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWhen I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA good intention does not mean honor.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOne falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
FRANCOIS RABELAISRow on whatever happens.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS