Francois Rabelais

Clergyman

France

1494 - 1553

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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.
Francois Rabelais
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
Francois Rabelais
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.
Francois Rabelais
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
Francois Rabelais
How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
Francois Rabelais
Science without conscience is the death of the soul.
Francois Rabelais
Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
Francois Rabelais
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
Francois Rabelais
Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
Francois Rabelais
Misery is the company of lawsuits.
Francois Rabelais