How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
FRANCOIS RABELAISA crier of green sauce.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
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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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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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Machination is worth more than force.
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Nature made the day for exercise, work and seeing to one’s business; and … it provides us with a candle, which is to say the bright and joyous light of the sun.
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Row on whatever happens.
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I drink for the thirst to come.
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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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There is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
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I’d rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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I never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
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I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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