“A certain jollity of mind, pickled in the scorn of fortune.”

—  Francois Rabelais , book Gargantua and Pantagruel

Certaine gayeté d'esprit conficte en mespris des choses fortuites.
Prologue de l'autheur.
Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Fourth Book (1548, 1552)

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Certaine gayeté d'esprit conficte en mespris des choses fortuites.

Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Fourth Book (1548, 1552)

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