Francois Rabelais Quotes

Francois Rabelais — French Clergyman born on December 30, 1493, died on April 09, 1553

François Rabelais was a major French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of fantasy, satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes and songs. His best known work is Gargantua and Pantagruel. Because of his literary power and historical importance, Western literary critics considered him one of the great writers of world literature and among the creators of modern European writing. His literary legacy is such that today, the word "Rabelaisian" has been coined as a descriptive inspired by his work and life. Merriam-Webster defines the word as describing someone or something that is "marked by gross robust humor, extravagance of caricature, or bold naturalism.".. (wikipedia)

Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.

From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.

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

Francois Rabelais Quotes

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