Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
Francois RabelaisFew and signally blessed are those whom Jupiter has destined to be cabbage-planters. For they've always one foot on the ground andthe other not far from it. Anyone is welcome to argue about felicity and supreme happiness. But the man who plants cabbages I now positively declare to be the happiest of mortals.
Francois RabelaisThere is nothing holy nor sacred to those who have abandoned God and reason in order to follow their perverse desires.
Francois RabelaisA man of good sense always believes what he is told, and what he finds written down.
Francois RabelaisGo, all of you poor people, in the name of God the Creator, and let him forever be your guide. And henceforth, do not be beguiledby these idle and useless pilgrimages. See to your families, and work, each one of you, in your vocation, raise your children, and live as the good Apostle Paul teaches you.
Francois Rabelais