François Rabelais
French Writer
Date of Birth | : | 01 Apr, 1494 |
Date of Death | : | 09 Apr, 1553 |
Place of Birth | : | Chinon, France |
Profession | : | Writer |
Nationality | : | French |
François Rabelais was a French writer and priest who for his contemporaries was an eminent physician and humanist and for posterity is the author of the comic masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel. The four novels composing this work are outstanding for their rich use of Renaissance French and for their comedy, which ranges from gross burlesque to profound satire. They exploit popular legends, farces, and romances, as well as classical and Italian material, but were written primarily for a court public and a learned one. The adjective Rabelaisian applied to scatological humour is misleading; Rabelais used scatology aesthetically, not gratuitously, for comic condemnation. His creative exuberance, colourful and wide-ranging vocabulary, and literary variety continue to ensure his popularity.
Quotes
Total 20 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 mirror.
A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.
Everything comes in time to those who can wait.
Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.
Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.