Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François Rabelais, Wishes, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ Giving words [is] an act of lovers. Read explanation Author, September 15, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Communication, Connection, Love, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ Oh thrice and four times happy… those who plant cabbages. Author, August 25, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Contentment, Gardening, Happiness, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
Indeed, said the monk, a mass, a matins, and vespers well rung are half-said. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François Rabelais, Importance, Religion, Ritual, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ Ignorance is the mother of all evils. Author, July 24, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Evil, Ignorance, Knowledge, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ Misery is the company of lawsuits. Author, September 17, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Company, Misery, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ All’s well in the end, if you’ve only the patience to wait. Author, September 3, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Hope, Patience, Resolution, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will. Author, July 1, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Freedom, Individualism, Self-determination, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
Most men spend the first half of their lives making the second half miserable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France