Francois Rabelais Quotes


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.


Citations

Rabelais, François. Gargantua and Pantagruel. Translated by Donald M. Frame, University of California Press, 1999, p. 129.

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Francois Rabelais
Francois Rabelais
  • Born: April 9, 1553
  • Died: April 9, 1553
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer, Physician, Humanist, Clergyman

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.