Francois Rabelais Drinking Quotations

When I drink, I think; and when I think, I drink.

There are more old drunkards than old physicians.

A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tun(der).

Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking's just the measure.

Wait a second while I take a swig off this bottle: it's my true and only Helicon, my Caballine fount, my sole Enthusiasm. Here, drinking, I deliberate, I reason, I resolve and conclude. After the epilogue I laugh, I write, I compose, I drink. Ennius drinking would write, writing would drink.

There are more old drunkards than old physicians. [Fr., Il y a plus de vieux ivrongnes qu'il y a de vieux medecins.]

I drink eternally. For me it is an eternity of drinking, and a drinking up of eternity.

Appetite comes with eating.....but thirst goes away with drinking.