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

Authentication Score 2

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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