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French Renaissance writer known for his satirical novel 'Gargantua and Pantagruel'. Rabelais' works are renowned for their humor, satire, and criticism of the church and social customs of the time.

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Famous Francois Rabelais Quotes

“Wait a second while I take a swig off this bottle: it's my true and only Helicon, my Caballine fount, my sole Enthusiasm. Here, drinking, I deliberate, I reason, I resolve and conclude. After the epilogue I laugh, I write, I compose, I drink. Ennius drinking would write, writing would drink.”

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Author:Francois Rabelais

“I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.”

Drink Eternity Drinking

Author:Francois Rabelais

“The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.”

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Author:Francois Rabelais

“When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.”

“There are more old drunkards than old physicians.”

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Book:Gargantua and Pantagruel

Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel

“I do not drink more than a sponge.”

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Author:Francois Rabelais

“I drink no more than a sponge.”

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Book:Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel

Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel

“I drink for the thirst to come.”

Drink Beer Thirst

Author:Francois Rabelais

“I never drink without a thirst, either present or future.”

Drink Wine Thirst

Book:Gargantua and Pantagruel

Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel

About the Author

Born: February 4, 1494
Died: April 9, 1553
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 158

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