"Gargantua and Pantagruel" Quotes
"Gargantua and Pantagruel" is a satirical pentalogy that follows the absurd, bawdy adventures of two giants, father and son, as they explore themes of education, religion, and human nature in Renaissance France.
classics | 1094 pages | Published in 2006
Quotes
Do not argue with an ignorant fool; he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
A hungry stomach has no ears.
Fear nothing but fear.
Let us drink while we have wine, take our pleasure while we can, and count the cost tomorrow.
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
Appetite comes with eating.
The pleasure I want is to find my pleasure in pleasing you.
Eat drink and be merry, for tomorrow we shall die.
There is no creature so weak that it cannot do harm.
