# Gargantua and Pantagruel

- Author: [François Rabelais](https://www.leafyquotes.com/francois-rabelais.md)
- Quotes: 1
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/francois-rabelais/gargantua-and-pantagruel

## Quotes

> Readers, friends, if you turn these pages
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> Put your prejudice aside,
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> For, really, there's nothing here that's outrageous,
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> Nothing sick, or bad — or contagious.
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> Not that I sit here glowing with pride
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> For my book: all you'll find is laughter:
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> That's all the glory my heart is after,
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> Seeing how sorrow eats you, defeats you.
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> I'd rather write about laughing than crying,
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> For laughter makes men human, and courageous.

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