198 Quotes by François Rabelais

A bellyful is a bellyful.

One inch of joy surmounts of grief a span, Because to laugh is proper to the man.

I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.

Never did a great man hate good wine.

It's a shame to be called "educated" those who do not study the ancient Greek writers.

Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.

An old monkey never makes a pretty face.

Ha! for a divine and lordly manor, there is nothing like solid ground.

I urge you to spend your youth profitably in study and virtue.... In brief, let me see in you an abyss of knowledge.