Joachim Du Bellay Quotes

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I love thin slate more than hard marble, my Gallic Loire more than the Latin Tiber, my little Liré more than the Palatine Hill, and more than the sea air the sweetness of Anjou.

Joachim Du Bellay

Happy he who like Ulysses has made a great journey, or like that man who won the Fleece and then came home, full of experience and good sense, to live the rest of his time among his family!

Joachim Du Bellay