Francois Rabelais Quotes & Sayings

43 most famous Francois Rabelais quotes and sayings (clergyman). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.”

“There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.”

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

“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.”

“It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.”

“Debts and lies are generally mixed together.”

“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.”

“The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.”