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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