François Rabelais

The appetite grows by eating.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

quoting, in Latin, an article of ancient wisdom Gargantua (1534) bk. 1, ch. 5

I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.

1532

Rire est le propre de l’homme .

Fay ce que vouldras.

Do what you like.

I am going to seek a great perhaps … Bring down the curtain, the farce is played out.

last words; attributed, but probably apocryphal

Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.

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