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.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS- The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
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The most Christian France is the sole wet-nurse to the Roman court.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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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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I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIn their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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A crier of green sauce.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA crier of green sauce.
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A habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA habit does not a monk make.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can’t get it back; it’s bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAISWhen undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOne should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.
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The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThe deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible, we’ll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.
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Never did a great man hate good wine.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNever did a great man hate good wine.
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Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
FRANCOIS RABELAISThought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
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It is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
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Nature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAISNature abhors a vacuum.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI drink for the thirst to come.
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Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
FRANCOIS RABELAISLet every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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