The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps. Francois Rabelais More Quotes by Francois Rabelais More Quotes From Francois Rabelais We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. Francois Rabelais forbidden-love desire long If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror Francois Rabelais humor mirrors humility A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. Francois Rabelais vases fire children If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes. Francois Rabelais balls humanity sex You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so. Francois Rabelais over-you real needs Ignorance is the mother of all evils. Francois Rabelais ignorance evil mother When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink. Francois Rabelais drinking beer thinking Science without conscience is the soul's perdition. Francois Rabelais perdition soul science I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. Francois Rabelais wisdom wise men It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth. Francois Rabelais feelings time father What harm in learning and getting knowledge even from a sot, a pot, a fool, a mitten, or a slipper. Francois Rabelais mittens slippers knowledge I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue.... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge. Francois Rabelais youth study education Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words. Francois Rabelais small-gestures marriage love Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking. Francois Rabelais eating drinking food Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure. Francois Rabelais arbitrary pleasure language The probity that scintillizes in the superfices of your persons informs my ratiocinating faculty, in a most stupendous manner, of the radiant virtues latent within the precious caskets and ventricles of your minds. Francois Rabelais caskets virtue mind The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible ..., we'll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode. Francois Rabelais bloodshed deeds soul 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. Francois Rabelais drinking writing inspirational It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers. Francois Rabelais ancient study greek A good intention does not mean honor. Francois Rabelais honor doe mean
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