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François Rabelais

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François Rabelais

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François Rabelais was a French writer who has been called the first great French prose author. A humanist of the French Renaissance and Greek scholar, he attracted opposition from both Protestant theologian John Calvin and from the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Though in his day he was best known as a physician, scholar, diplomat, and Catholic priest, later he became better known as a satirist for his depictions of the grotesque, and for his larger-than-life characters.

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Notable quotes

“Je m'en vais chercher un grand peut-être; tirez le rideau, la farce est jouée.”
— I am going to seek a grand perhaps; draw the curtain, the farce is played.
“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.”
— Chapter 29
“You have there hit the nail on the head.”
— Chapter 34
“We will take the good-will for the deed.”
— Chapter 49.
“Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.”
— Chapter 15
“I believe he would make three bites of a cherry.”
— Chapter 28

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