Francois Rabelais was a famous Clergyman from France.
Our collection contains 35 quotes who is written / told by Francois, under the main topic Time.
35 Famous quotes by Francois Rabelais
"No clock is more regular than the belly"
"Half the world does not know how the other half lives"
"Frugality is for the vulgar"
"Everything comes in time to those who can wait"
"There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation"
"In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will"
"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"
"How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?"
"It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth"
"We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us"
"I drink no more than a sponge"
"How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?"
"When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink"
"One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools"
"It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man"
"If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass"
"Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words"
"Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this"
"For he who can wait, everything comes in time"
"A bellyful is a bellyful"
"When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself"
"Ignorance is the mother of all evils"
"I won't undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace"
"I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could"
"How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?"
"A habit does not a monk make"
"Misery is the company of lawsuits"
"If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks"
"From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains"
"Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue"
"Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls"
"There are more old drunkards than old physicians"
"Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish"
