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Famous Francois Rabelais Quotes
“I'd rather write about laughing than crying, For laughter makes men human, and courageous.”
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel
“Plain as a nose in a man's face.”
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel: Easyread Edition
“I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.”
“A man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.”
“Oh how unhappy is the prince served by such men who are so easily corrupted.”
“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.”
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel
“It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.”
“Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.”
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel
“One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man.”
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel