What did François Rabelais mean by: The Lord forbid that I should be out of debt, as if indeed I could not be trusted. François Rabelais Author · France Copy
I’d gladly do without a valet. I’m never so well treated as when I’m without a valet. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François Rabelais, Hospitality, Independence, Luxury, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity. Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François Rabelais, Consumption, Drinking, Eternity, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ A bellyful is a bellyful. Author, July 21, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Contentment, Fulfillment, Satisfaction, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ To good and true love, fear is forever affixed. Author, October 9, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Attachment, Fear, Love, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
Do not limp before the lame. [Old Fr., Ne clochez pas devant les boyteus.] Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François Rabelais, Empowerment, Equality, Pride, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ I build only living stones–men. Author, June 27, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Development, Faith, Leadership, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
+ Between two stools one sits on the ground. Author, June 20, 2023January 2, 2025, François Rabelais, Compromise, Consequences, Indecision, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
Hungry bellies have no ears. [Fr., La ventre affame n’point d’oreilles.] Author, January 15, 2024January 9, 2025, François Rabelais, Hunger, Ignorance, Survival, 0 François Rabelais Author · France
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
