What did François Rabelais mean by: I’ve often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well. - François Rabelais Author · France Copy
+ We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, François Rabelais, Desire, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
+ I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, François Rabelais, Success, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
+ In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will. Feraz Zeid, July 1, 2023December 12, 2023, François Rabelais, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
+ It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, François Rabelais, Happiness, Laughter, Writing, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
+ Between two stools one sits on the ground. Feraz Zeid, June 20, 2023December 12, 2023, François Rabelais, Decision, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
+ Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free. Feraz Zeid, September 10, 2023December 24, 2023, François Rabelais, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
+ I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, François Rabelais, Art, War, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
+ To laugh is proper to man. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, François Rabelais, Laughing, Laughter, 0 - François Rabelais Author · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - 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. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
