Marie de France quotes
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“Man created God in his image: intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent.”
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“The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world.”
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“If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain!”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.125, Xist Publishing
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“For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.125, Xist Publishing
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“He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.97, Xist Publishing
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“Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.125, Xist Publishing
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“In times gone by there lived a Count of Ponthieu, who loved chivalry and the pleasures of the world beyond measure, and moreover was a stout knight and a gallant gentleman”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.135, Xist Publishing
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“You have to endure what you can't change.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1978). “The lais of Marie de France”, Dutton Adult
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“Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1978). “The lais of Marie de France”, Dutton Adult
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“A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead
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“Desire can blind us to the hazards of our enterprises.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead
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“The rich are never threatened by the poor - they do not notice them.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead
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“There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2014). “French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France”, p.205, The Floating Press
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“Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1978). “The lais of Marie de France”, Dutton Adult
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“I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.125, Xist Publishing
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“Whoever has received knowledge and eloquence in speech from God should not be silent or secretive but demonstrate it willingly. When a great good is widely heard of, then, and only then, does it bloom, and when that good is praised by man, it has spread its blossoms.”
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“Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2014). “French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France”, p.195, The Floating Press
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“We love what we should scorn if we were wiser.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead
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“For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.125, Xist Publishing
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“The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.115, Xist Publishing
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“Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2014). “French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France”, p.218, The Floating Press
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“But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.125, Xist Publishing
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“But Fortune, who never forgets her duty, turns her wheel suddenly.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1978). “The lais of Marie de France”, Dutton Adult
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“By men's words we know them.”
-- Marie de FranceSource : Marie (de France) (1983). “Medieval fables”, Dodd Mead
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