Francois Rabelais Quotes
Remove idleness from the world and soon the arts of Cupid would perish.
Citations
Rabelais, François. Gargantua and Pantagruel. Translated by J. M. Cohen, Penguin Books, 1955, p. 374.
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François Rabelais (UK: /ˈræbəleɪ/ RAB-ə-lay, US: /ˌræbəˈleɪ/ -LAY, French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁablɛ]; born between 1483 and 1494; died 1553) was a French Renaissance writer, physician, Renaissance humanist, monk and Greek scholar. He has historically been regarded as a writer of satire, the grotesque, bawdy jokes, and songs.