François Rabelais Biography
c. 1494
Chinon, France
1553
Chinon, France?
French humanist, physician, and prose satirist
"It is quite a common and vulgar thing among humans to understand, foresee, know and predict the troubles of others. But oh what a rare thing it is to predict, know, foresee and understand one's own troubles."
François Rabelais as quoted in Bartlett's Quotations. [Online] Available http://www.bartleby.com/66/45/45745.html, April 5, 2002.
The French humanist, physician, and author François Rabelais is acclaimed as a comic genius. He published several works, but he is best known for Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Facts of early life unknown
Unfortunately, there are large gaps in information about Rabelais's life. Some records suggest he was born in 1483,...
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