Francois Rabelais
Francois Rabelais
François Rabelaiswas a major French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. Because of his literary power and historical importance, Western literary critics considered him one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing. His literary legacy is such that today, the word "Rabelaisian" has been...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.
I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue.... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.
Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.
An old monkey never makes a pretty face.
Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.
It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.
If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.
I am going to seek the great Perhaps.
The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.
I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he
Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.