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“Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.”

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French Renaissance writer known for his satirical novel 'Gargantua and Pantagruel'. Rabelais' works are renowned for their humor, satire, and criticism of the church and social customs of the time. more

“The age was still dark and reeked of the havoc and misfortunes of the Goths who had put all good literature to destruction. But, by God's goodness, in my time light and dignity were returned to letters, and I see there such improvement that today I would have great difficulty being admitted to the most elementary classes--I, who in my time was reputed to be (and not wrongly) to be the most knowledgeable person of the century.”

“If you say to me: "Master, it would seem that you weren't too terribly wise to have written these bits of nonsense and pleasant mockeries," I respond that you are hardly more so in finding amusement in reading them.”

Ifs Seems Reading Bits Wise Written Masters Findings Pleasant Nonsense Amusement Mockery

Author:Francois Rabelais

“Do you know what Agelisas said, when he was asked why the great city of Lacedomonie was not girded with walls? Because, pointing out the inhabitants and citizens of the city, so expert in military discipline and so strong and well armed: "Here," he said, "are the walls of the city," meaning that there is no wall but of bones, and that towns and cities can have no more secure nor stronger wall than the virtue of their citizens and inhabitants.”

Knows Wells Said Strong Cities Virtue Security Military Wall Citizens Discipline Stronger Towns Bones Secure Experts Do You Know Pointing Great Cities Military Discipline

Author:Francois Rabelais

“Gargantua, at the age of four hundred four score and forty- four years begat his son Pantagruel, from his wife, named Badebec, daughter of the King of the Amaurotes in Utopia, who died in child-birth: because he was marvelously huge and so heavy that he could not come to light without suffocating his mother.”

Years Children Light Age Death Mother Four Wife Son Huge Birth Kings Daughter Hundred Died Heavy Score Forty Four Years Utopia Suffocating Birth Of A Child

Author:Francois Rabelais

“Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.”

Mind Worship Convinced Tolerance Sabbath Day Passing Judgment

Author:Francois Rabelais

“If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.”

Ifs Humans Humanity Individual Lost Sex Human Nature Balls

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“When my soul leaves this human dwelling, I will not consider myself to have completely died, but to pass from one state to another, given that, in you and by you, I remain in my visible image in this world.”

World Humans Soul States Given This World Died My Soul Immortality Visible Dwelling

Author:Francois Rabelais

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