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Famous Francois Rabelais Quotes
“We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.”
“No clock is more regular than the belly.”
“Tell the truth and shame the devil.”
“From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.”
“Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.”
“I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.”
“Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking.”
“There are more old drunkards than old physicians.”
“If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror”
“I drink no more than a sponge.”
“I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.”
“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.”
“It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.”
“All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.”
“The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted.”
“Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.”
“Ignorance is the mother of all evils.”
“I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.”
“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.”
“I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.”