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When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.
— John Kennedy Toole
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life." in the context of "Ch. 2, section V" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "John Kennedy Toole" (Quotes, A Confederacy of Dunces (1980, posthumous): Quotations are cited from the 1981 Grove Press reprint.)
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About John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole (December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist best known for his posthumously published comic novel A Confederacy of Dunces, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981.
About John Kennedy Toole
John Kennedy Toole (December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist best known for his posthumously published comic novel A Confederacy of Dunces, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981.
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