Quotes By Francois Rabelais

Half the world does not know how the other half lives.

Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good turn liberally offered to a reasonable man grows continually through noble thought and memory.

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

The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.

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.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.

Debts and lies are generally mixed together.

Frugality is for the vulgar.

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.