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Quotation from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

“In brief, let me see thee an abyss and bottomless pit of knowledge”

François Rabelais (spoken by Gargantua)

Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II, Chapter VIII, trans. Thomas Urquhart

Portrait of François Rabelais

Gargantua's letter to his son in Paris, after listing languages, history, mathematics, law, natural history, medicine and Scripture.

Citation: "In brief, let me see thee an abyss and bottomless pit of knowledge" — François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II, Chapter VIII, trans. Thomas Urquhart. (id rabelais-gargantua-and-pantagruel-q5)

Portrait: Francois Rabelais - Portrait, anonymous / Unidentified painter, Public domain.

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