French - Clergyman | 1493 - April 9, 1553
To good and true love fear is forever affixed.
Francois Rabelais
LoveGoodFearTrue LoveTrue
If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
HopeFallSkiesCatchMay
There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.
MenCharityWhereHarmThanCause
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
TimeWaitEverythingWhoThose
I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
DoneWouldWhoKnownManyCould
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.
StrengthConfidenceGodHopeThought
No clock is more regular than the belly.
MoreClockBellyThanRegular
From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
StrengthHungerGutWhereStrut
If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass.
FoolLookingWishYouSeeingGlass
How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
WisePresentYouKnowFoolishMade
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
FatherTruthTimeFeelingThings
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
MotherIgnoranceEvils
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