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
The very well and abyss of an encyclopaedia.
He 63 ways of getting money, the most common, most honorable ones being staling, thieving, and robbing.
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.
It is the custom on Africa to always produce new and monstrous things. [Fr., Afrique est coustumiere toujours choses produire nouvelles et monstrueuses.]
There are more old drunkards than old physicians. [Fr., Il y a plus de vieux ivrongnes qu'il y a de vieux medecins.]
Do not limp before the lame. [Old Fr., Ne clochez pas devant les boyteus.]
Don't limp in front of the lame.