Believe me, ’tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAISEverything comes in time to those who can wait.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure.
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If you wish to be good “Pantagruelists” (which is to say, live in peace, joy, health, and always dining well), never put too much faith in people who look out through a hole.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
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There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
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He that has patience may compass anything.
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.
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I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
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It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
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Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
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So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
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The appetite grows with eating.
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Can 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.
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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.
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Oh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
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One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
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Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain.
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For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.
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The dress does not make the monk.
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Plain as a nose in a man’s face.
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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
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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.
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Appetite comes with eating…..but thirst goes away with drinking.
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