Find the best quotes, maxims and aphorisms of François Rabelais

Biography : French Renaissance writer *Approximate years of birth and death.
Born: 1494 - Died: 1553
Period:
15th century
Place of birth: France
France

François Rabelais - Quotes

Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.
François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel /

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Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
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To laugh is proper to man.
François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel /

Hours were made for man, not man for hours.
François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel /

time

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
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All things move onward to their term.
François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel /

Misery is the company of lawsuits.
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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.
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To good and true love fear is forever affixed.
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love

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?
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When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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Tell the truth and shame the devil.
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truth

I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.
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Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
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love

Nature abhors a vacuum.
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If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
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