Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de F...
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Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
“You have to endure what you can't change.”
Source: The lais of Marie de France
“Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings.”
Source: The lais of Marie de France
“A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats.”
Source: Medieval fables
“Desire can blind us to the hazards of our enterprises.”
Source: Medieval fables
“The rich are never threatened by the poor - they do not notice them.”
Source: Medieval fables
“By men's words we know them.”
Source: Medieval fables
“Being too consumed in fear all the time will result in poor quality of life”
“I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest.”
Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
“Man created God in his image: intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent.”
“Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips.”
Source: French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France
“We love what we should scorn if we were wiser.”
Source: Medieval fables
Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
Source: French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France
Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
“But Fortune, who never forgets her duty, turns her wheel suddenly.”
Source: The lais of Marie de France
“Whoever believes in a man is very foolish.”
Source: The lais of Marie de France
Source: French Medieval Romances from the Lais of Marie de France
Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
“He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.”
Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France
“Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.”
Source: Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France