The 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 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 RABELAISIf you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never drink without a thirst, either present or future.
FRANCOIS RABELAISA war undertaken without sufficient monies has but a wisp of force. Coins are the very sinews of battles.
FRANCOIS RABELAISOh thrice and four times happy, those who plant cabbages.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
FRANCOIS RABELAISBring down the curtain, the farce is over.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI never sleep in comfort save when I am hearing a sermon or praying to God.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTell the truth and shame the devil.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI am going to seek a grand perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIndeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI build only living stones–men.
FRANCOIS RABELAISTime, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIf you understand why a monkey in a family is always mocked and harassed, you understand why monks are rejected by all–both old and young.
FRANCOIS RABELAISI’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
FRANCOIS RABELAISHow shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
FRANCOIS RABELAIS