Break the bone and suck out the substance-full marrow
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When François Rabelais's hero Pantagruel, journeys to the "Oracle of The Div(in)e Bottle", he learns the lesson of life in one simple word: "Trinch!", Drink! Enjoy the simple life, learn wisdom and knowledge, as a free human. Beyond puns, irony, and satire, Gargantua's prologue metaphor instructs the reader to "break the bone and suck out the substance-full marrow" ("la substantifique moëlle"), the core of wisdom.
substantifique moelle
- Essentiel du contenu de quelque chose.
- « A l'exemple d'icelluy vous convient estre saiges, pour fleurer, sentir et estimer ces beaulx livres de haulte gresse , legiers au prochaz et hardiz à la rencontre ; puis, par curieuse leçon et meditation frequente, rompre l'os et sugcer la sustantificque mouelle. »
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