Francois Rabelais Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than that of oil!”

“I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.”

“In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.”

“A habit does not a monk make.”

“It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.”

“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.”

“Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.”

“For he who can wait, everything comes in time.”

“Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.”

“Nature abhors a vacuum.”