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François Rabelais
François Rabelais
- Nature abhors a vacuum.quoting, in Latin, an article of ancient wisdomGargantua (1534) bk. 1, ch. 5
- Fay ce que vouldras.Do what you like.Gargantua (1534) bk. 1, ch. 57; see Crowley
- A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.attributed; see Plutarch
- I am going to seek a great perhaps…Bring down the curtain, the farce is played out.last words; attributed, but probably apocryphal