Francois Rabelais Quotes
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How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
Francois Rabelais
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Author Details:
Type:
Clergyman Quotes
Category:
French Clergyman Quotes
Year of Birth:
1493
Date of Death:
April 9, 1553
Nationality:
French
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Select Francois Rabelais Quotations:
When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
Francois Rabelais
I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
Francois Rabelais
For he who can wait, everything comes in time.
Francois Rabelais
In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
Francois Rabelais
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
Francois Rabelais
How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
Francois Rabelais
It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
Francois Rabelais
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Quote Keywords:

Antiquity,
Foolish,
How,
Know,
Made,
Present,
Wise
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Dictionary Links:

Antiquity,
Foolish,
How,
Know,
Made,
Present,
Wise
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All Francois Rabelais Quotations:
A bellyful is a bellyful.
A habit does not a monk make.
Because just as arms have no...
Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing...
Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
Everything comes in time to those...
For he who can wait, everything...
Friends, you will notice that in...
From the gut comes the strut...
Frugality is for the vulgar.
Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive...
Half the world does not know...
How can I govern others, who...
How do you know antiquity was...
How shall I be able to...
I drink no more than a sponge.
I have known many who could...
I place no hope in my...
I won't undertake war until I...
If the skies fall, one may...
If you wish to avoid seeing...
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
In their rules there was only...
It is better to write of...
It is my feeling that Time...
It is my opinion that time...
Misery is the company of Lawsuits.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
No clock is more regular than...
One falls to the ground in...
Remove idleness from the world and...
Science without conscience is the death...
Tell the truth and shame the devil.
The farce is finished. I go...
The remedy for thirst? It is...
The right moment wears a full...
The scent of wine, oh how...
There are more old drunkards than...
There is no truer cause of...
Time, which wears down and diminishes...
To good and true love fear...
We always long for the forbidden...
When I drink, I think; and...
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be...
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