Francois Rabelais Quotes

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

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

Science without conscience is the death of the soul.

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

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

Hungry bellies have no ears. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

Debts and lies are generally mixed together

Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.

I drink no more than a sponge.

I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.