“A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.” MindCertainFortuneScorn Book:Gargantua and Pantagruel Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel
“Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain. [Fr., Centre fortune, la diverse un chartier rompit nazardes son fouet.]” SonFortuneVainCracksDiverseCentreWhipsCarter Author:Francois Rabelais
“Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.” SpiritCertainPhilosophicalFortuneStoicismHazardsDisdain Author:Francois Rabelais
“All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.” LongEndsStatesReasonLastsHumilityHighestAll ThingsFortuneProsperityRuinsCyclesLowestModerationModeratesTemperance Author:Francois Rabelais
“One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.” ShouldEndsTreatsLuckFortunePursueBotherUpsetReverenceGood LuckHazardsAdventurer Author:Francois Rabelais
