Famous quotes containing the word rabelais:
“Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, they’re less than women.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“I never follow the clock: hours were made for man, not man for hours.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)