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Quotation from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais
“because men that are free, well-born, well-bred, and conversant in honest companies, have naturally an instinct and spur that prompteth them unto virtuous actions, and withdraws them from vice, which is called honour.”
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I, Chapter LVII, trans. Thomas Urquhart
The reason given for Theleme's single rule, Do What Thou Wilt, which immediately precedes this sentence.
Citation: "because men that are free, well-born, well-bred, and conversant in honest companies, have naturally an instinct and spur that prompteth them unto virtuous actions, and withdraws them from vice, which is called honour." — François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I, Chapter LVII, trans. Thomas Urquhart. (id rabelais-gargantua-and-pantagruel-q4)
Portrait: Francois Rabelais - Portrait, anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain.
