Marie de France Professions : Poet Died : 1189 Browse All Authors Top 28 quotes by Marie de France Man created God in his image: intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent. Marie de France violent sexist men The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world. Marie de France fool world thinking By men's words we know them. Marie de France knows men If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain! Marie de France fake-people loyalty love But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth. Marie de France heart-to-heart persons heart Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings. Marie de France ought stories want Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name. Marie de France names letters firsts 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 France loyalty ends men Whoever believes in a man is very foolish. Marie de France foolish men believe You have to endure what you can't change. Marie de France endure cant-change I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest. Marie de France jest serious-business love-is Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips. Marie de France lips speak We love what we should scorn if we were wiser. Marie de France scorn wiser should Being too consumed in fear all the time will result in poor quality of life Marie de France poor-quality quality-of-life results The rich are never threatened by the poor - they do not notice them. Marie de France rich-and-poor rich poor Desire can blind us to the hazards of our enterprises. Marie de France hazards blind desire A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats. Marie de France threat bully bullying 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 France wrath anger wish He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune. Marie de France tales know-how tunes 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 France loyalty love mean Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
