Appetite comes with eating.

L'appetit vient en mangeant.

Francois Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel

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Topic

Appetite

Author

Francois Rabelais

Source

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Time

1534 1530s 16th century

Occupation

Humorist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Rabelais, Francois [Alcofribas Nasier]. La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel [The Very Horrific Life of Great Gargantua, Father of Pantagruel]. 1534, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Rabelais, Francois. Gargantua & Pantagruel. Dover Publications, 2016, bk. 5.

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