Francois Rabelais Quotes

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• We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

  Francois Rabelais

  Long, Forbidden Love, Desire

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• If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

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  Humor, Humility, Mirrors

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• A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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  Children, Fire, Vases

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• You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

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  Real, Over You, Needs

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• Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

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  Mother, Ignorance, Evil

  Francois Rabelais (2006). “Gargantua and Pantagruel: Easyread Edition”, p.19, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

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  Time, Father, Feelings

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• If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.

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  Sex, Humanity, Balls

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• Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

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  Life, Time, Waiting

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• Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.

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  Science, Soul, Perdition

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• I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

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  Life, Success, Done

  "Pantagruel". Book by Francois Rabelais, Book III, Chapter XXVII, 1532.

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• When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

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  Drinking, Beer, Thinking

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• Tell the truth and shame the devil.

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  Honesty, Devil, Telling The Truth

  Francois Rabelais (2006). “Gargantua and Pantagruel: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.

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  Laughter, Writing, Men

  "The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (Introduction)". Book by Francois Rabelais, 1532-1564.

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• No noble man ever hated good wine.

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  Wine, Men, Noble Man

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• Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.

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  Mind, Malicious

  Francois Rabelais (2014). “Gargantua and Pantagruel”, p.250, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

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  Funny, Running, Dog

  Francois Rabelais “Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel”, Library of Alexandria

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• There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

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  Men, Charity, Vexation

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• How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

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  Leadership, Discipline, Able

  Francois Rabelais (2014). “Gargantua and Pantagruel”, p.177, Lulu Press, Inc

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• If you want to avoid seeing an idiot, break the mirror.

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  Mirrors, Stupidity, Want

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• Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

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  Lying, Together, Debt

  "Pantagruel". Book by Francois Rabelais, Book III, Chapter V, 1532.

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• If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

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  Attitude, Fall, Opportunity

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• Machination is worth more than force.

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  Deceit, Force

  "Pantagruel" by François Rabelais, ch. XXVII, 1532.

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• I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

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  Money, Famous Last Words, Poor

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• It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

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  Greek, Study, Ancient

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• All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.

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  Patience, Waiting, Ends

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