198 Quotes by François Rabelais

The very well and abyss of an encyclopaedia.

Because, according to the sage Solomon, wisdom does not enter into a soul that seeks after evil, and knowledge without conscienceis the ruin of the soul, it behooves you to serve, love and fear God and to put all your thoughts and hope in him, and by faith founded in charity, be joined to him, such that you never be separated from him by sin.

A young Saint - an old Devil, (mark this, an old saying, and as true a one as, a Young Whore an old Saint)

Appetite comes with eating.

I am going to seek a great perhaps.

Go, all of you poor people, in the name of God the Creator, and let him forever be your guide. And henceforth, do not be beguiledby these idle and useless pilgrimages. See to your families, and work, each one of you, in your vocation, raise your children, and live as the good Apostle Paul teaches you.

Bring down the curtain, the farce is over

I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.

All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.