Marie de France - Lais of Marie de France

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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.

Marie de France

It would be less dangerous for a man to court every lady in an entire land than for a lady to remove a single besotted lover from her skirts, for he will immediately attempt to strike back.

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Anyone who intends to present a new story must approach the problem in a new way and speak so persuasively that the tale brings pleasure to people.

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Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings.

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But Fortune, who never forgets her duty, turns her wheel suddenly.

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