"Ignorance est mère de tous les maux."
Ignorance is the mother of all evils.
François Rabelais (1494-1553), French writer and humanist
Le Cinquiesme Livre (1562; attributed)
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Friday, July 26, 2013
Friday, October 23, 2009
Sixteenth Century Quote of the Week
"Mieux est de ris que de larmes ecripre,
Pour ce que rire est le propre de l'homme."
"It's better to write about laughter than tears,
Because laughter is particular to man."
François Rabelais (c. 1494-1553), French humanist
La Vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua (1534), Notice to the Reader
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