opprobries

Updated: June 30, 2025

Ignavum fucos pecus, said Maro, a praesepibus arcent. Hereunto, answered Gargantua, there is nothing so true as that the frock and cowl draw unto itself the opprobries, injuries, and maledictions of the world, just as the wind called Cecias attracts the clouds.

François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1