I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Draw the curtain, the fraud is over.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS He 63 ways of getting money, the most common, most honorable ones being staling, thieving, and robbi...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS There are more old drunkards than old physicians.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS "Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs with drinking." [Fr., "L'appetit...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS A crier of green sauce.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Petite ville, grand renom. Small town, great renown.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Believe me that it is a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Stir up the hornets. [Fr., Irriter les freslons.]
FRANCOIS RABELAIS It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen. [Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les b...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Panurge had a flea in his ear. [Fr., Panurge auoyt la pulee en l' oreille.]
FRANCOIS RABELAIS But where are the snows of last year? That was the greatest concern of Villon, the Parisian poet. ...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS He beat the bushes without taking the birds. [Fr., [Il] battoit les buissons sans predre les ozill...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS You are Christians of the best edition, all picked and culled.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS You shall never want rope enough.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Make three bites of a cherry.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Performed to a T.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS How well I feathered by nest.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Nature abhors a vacuum. [Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Hungry bellies have no cars. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]
FRANCOIS RABELAIS He did not care a button for it.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said E...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I would have you call to mind the strength of the ancient giants, that undertook to lay the high mo...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Between two stools one sits on the ground. [Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Debts and lies are generally mixed together
FRANCOIS RABELAIS You are like the eels of Melun; you cry out before you are skinned. [Fr., Vous semblez les anguil...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS The scent of wine, oh how much more agreeable, laughing, praying, celestial and delicious it is than...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benev...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Debts and lies are generally mixed together.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Time, which wears down and diminishes all things, augments and increases good deeds, because a good ...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS No clock is more regular than the belly
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Frugality is for the vulgar.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Gestures, in love, are incomparably more attractive, effective and valuable than words.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS A young Saint - an old Devil, (mark this, an old saying, and as true a one as, a Young Whore an old ...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I am going to seek the great Perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I drink no more than a sponge
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Everything comes in time to those who can wait
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS A bellyful is a bellyful
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could
FRANCOIS RABELAIS A habit does not a monk make.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS The farce is finished. I go to seek a vast perhaps.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Now my innocence begins to weigh me down.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools
FRANCOIS RABELAIS From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it&#...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who n...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'...
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Nature abhors a vacuum.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS The very well and abyss of an encyclopaedia.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue
FRANCOIS RABELAIS It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man.
FRANCOIS RABELAIS I go to seek a Great Perhaps.
FRANçOIS RABELAIS We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.
FRANCOIS Not all those who know their minds know their hearts as well. -Francois.
FRANCOIS True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless.
FRANCOIS NARS We have chased away the clouds, the sky is all 'rose.'
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE We are not afraid to be a bit different, to make shades that are bold.
FRANCOIS NARS The British people have decided to leave. It is a sad decision but one which I respect. The vote put...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning t...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Whoever pays should control; whoever pays should sanction. I agree. But budgetary union should be co...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE From the start, I used a different kind of girl in Nars campaign images. My choice to use models of ...
FRANCOIS NARS I never thought make-up was like brain surgery.
FRANCOIS NARS How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.
FRANCOIS FENELON Little opportunities should be improved.
FRANCOIS FENELON Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.
FRANCOIS FENELON The past but lives in written words: a thousand ages were blank if books had not evoked their ghosts...
FRANCOIS FENELON Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very w...
FRANCOIS FENELON When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are...
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those ...
FRANCOIS FENELON Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
FRANCOIS FENELON All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Bec...
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
FRANCOIS MURIAC The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.
FRANCOIS DELSARTE Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.
FRANCOIS MAURIAC The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit.
FRANCOIS FENELON The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being.
FRANCOIS DELSARTE Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others, as, by self-examination, thor...
FRANCOIS FENELON If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exc...
FRANCOIS FENELON Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.
FRANCOIS FéNELON Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.
FRANCOIS MAURIAC No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
FRANCOIS MAURIAC Eros is not tranquil - it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. ...
FRANCOIS LELORD I attach the greatest importance to an amplification of the peace efforts in the Middle East. I woul...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Our only goal is to strengthen the opposition and to avoid the dilemma whereby we only have the choi...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE In a lot of cases, makeup is a fantastic help, and that's why women love makeup in general. It&#...
FRANCOIS NARS Wearing colourful eyeliner in a graphic shape is the epitome of make-up as an accessory.
FRANCOIS NARS Makeup is very important for a show. It's really an accessory on the runway. You have to be sure...
FRANCOIS NARS Makeup is an accessory to fashion. You buy a bag, you buy shoes, you put on eyeliner, you buy a lips...
FRANCOIS NARS Makeup is about balance. When the eye makes a statement, the lips should be quiet.
FRANCOIS NARS When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are...
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more ...
FRANCOIS FENELON My adversary is the world of finance.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE My interpretation of the word 'ugly'... I like ugly beauty. That can happen. In France, we h...
FRANCOIS NARS It's very refreshing to go away and take a break, to clear your head, and just get into somethin...
FRANCOIS NARS Looking at flowers, simple things in life. I don't need to look at gold and a castle; sometimes ...
FRANCOIS NARS As an assistant in the polytechnic department, I was able to finance new studies and got my Physics ...
FRANCOIS ENGLERT It's never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make p...
FRANCOIS HOUGAARD All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
FRANCOIS FENELON The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom s...
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT Even with - the best make-up in the world won't look good if you don't cleanse and exfoliate...
FRANCOIS NARS I think rugby is 80 per cent mental.
FRANCOIS HOUGAARD I'll keep creating modern, deep, rich and adventurous colors and products that inspire creative ...
FRANCOIS NARS The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical nov...
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT Austerity need not be Europe's fate.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE ISIL struck France because it is 'free' and 'the nation of human rights'. This is no...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having o...
FRANCOIS FENELON I bow down in memory of the victims, and I come to tell my Armenian friends that we will never forge...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Everyone says Francois Mitterrand had huge charisma. But before he was president they used to call h...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reduci...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE France, because it was attacked cowardly, shamelessly, violently, France will be merciless against t...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE The passion for art is, as for believers, very religious. It unites people, its message is of common...
FRANCOIS PINAULT More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.
FRANCOIS GAUTIER If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate...
FRANCOIS FENELON Whatever happened during the French presidential campaign will leave no hard feelings. I perfectly u...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE As soon as you have an average game, everyone is quick to criticise and say, 'You suck; you shou...
FRANCOIS HOUGAARD I am not deaf. I hear the anger. I see the dissatisfaction, and I have to go faster.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE If I become president, France will not continue with the same policies as under Nicolas Sarkozy - bo...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Love truth, but pardon error.
FRANCOIS VOLTAIRE What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
FRANCOIS VOLTAIRE 'That is indisputable,' was the answer, 'but in this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral f...
FRANCOIS VOLTAIRE Most people I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing in return and I do very w...
FRANCOIS FéNELON Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
FRANCOIS CAVANNA I really wanted to have a different approach of beauty because when I came to America, they were sti...
FRANCOIS NARS Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings wh...
FRANCOIS MAURIAC Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedie...
FRANCOIS FENELON I like beauty to be a bit edgy, not typical. For me, the only rule is looking good.
FRANCOIS NARS France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world that when one has the will one can suc...
FRANCOIS MITTERRAND I know all except myself.
FRANCOIS VILLON Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must be...
FRANCOIS FENELON But where are the snows of yester year? [Fr., Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?]
FRANCOIS VILLON The extremists wanted to divide France; it came together.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE My mother never wore much make-up, and she was a kind of natural beauty; she knew just how to enhanc...
FRANCOIS NARS Islamist terrorism has declared war against us, against France, Europe, the entire world.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to anno...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE What the French want is coherence, stability and justice. If I am in a favorable position today, it&...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal ...
FRANCOIS LELORD Protocol is everything.
FRANCOIS GIULIANI My mother and my two grandmothers, I was lucky to have three women around me growing up that were ve...
FRANCOIS NARS Though Africa is not responsible for emitting greenhouse gases, it is suffering the consequences of ...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE France is no longer herself when she is folded in on herself, tormented by ignorance and intolerance...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I've always loved the way movie stars in the Forties looked when they were off set. Shot poolsid...
FRANCOIS NARS My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't the...
FRANCOIS PINAULT But where are the snows of yesteryear?
FRANCOIS VILLON Ah God! Had I but studied in the days of my foolish youth
FRANCOIS VILLON My days are gone a-wandering.
FRANCOIS VILLON Brother humans who live after us, do not harden your hearts against us.
FRANCOIS VILLON We were two and had but one heart between us
FRANCOIS VILLON I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE In this world, you do your job, a good job, and that's what counts.
FRANCOIS NARS We need intelligence services to fight against terrorism, but they have to respect the principles of...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringi...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I want the French people to respect values that allow each individual to practice his or her faith, ...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, P...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I am attached to the French language. I will defend the ubiquitous use of French.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE We are near, very near, to an end to the eurozone crisis... The worst - in the sense of the fear of ...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put ...
FRANCOIS JACOB Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post d...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE France isn't just any country in Europe, and its president is not an ordinary leader in the worl...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE We need the help of other member countries and leaders who, like us, want to see a change in Europe&...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Everything has to go well for him in a race now, so we'll have to see about the future. It's too soo...
FRANCOIS DOUMEN A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.
FRANCOIS MITTERRAND If Europe does not advance, it will fall or even be wiped out from the world map... My duty is to br...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE I think less is more when it comes to make-up; this really helps achieve a lighter complexion. Heavy...
FRANCOIS NARS One of the deepest functions of a living organisms is to look ahead... to produce future.
FRANCOIS JACOB I was born in Belgium on 6 November 1932. I am married to Mira Nikomarow and have five children: Mic...
FRANCOIS ENGLERT The migrant question is directly linked to the crisis in Syria and Iraq.
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE In America, when I first came here, they were used to wearing more make-up - thicker foundation, mor...
FRANCOIS NARS I have loved to the point of madness; that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only se...
FRANCOIS SAGON Where does discipline end? Where does cruelty begin? Somewhere between these, thousands of children ...
FRANCOIS MAURIAC Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are is true enough, but I'd know you better if you t...
FRANCOIS MAURIAC We do not know the worth of one single drop of blood, one single tear. All is grace. If the Eternal ...
FRANCOIS MAURIAC I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be inte...
FRANCOIS MAURIAC To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
FRANCOIS MAURIAC A woman who hides behind a mask of makeup is still going to have to take it off at some point... and...
FRANCOIS NARS You can look glamorous even if you're a housewife, any job you have.
FRANCOIS NARS You recognize but one rule of commerce; that is (to avail myself of your own terms) to allow free pa...
FRANCOIS QUESNAY purely cinematic film ... actually the purest expression of a cinematic idea.
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings.
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT This is an unquestionable retreat. It is a grand success for the young and an impressive victory for...
FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Gravitational and electromagnetic interactions are long-range interactions, meaning they act on obje...
FRANCOIS ENGLERT Film lovers are sick people.
FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exc...
FRANCOIS FTNELON Good talkers are only found in Paris.
FRANCOIS VILLON