Wolfram von Eschenbach Quotes

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To win a boar's head one must sacrifice the hounds.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
Was that not a wise man who laid it down that age should have possessions? – "Youth has its fill of good things, eld of sighs and sorrows"! – "There never was a fate so pitiful as age cum poverty"!

Wolfram von Eschenbach
Two hearts that are but one have shown their strength in fierce enmity.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
How I wish I had your looks! If only you had some sense in you, God would have left you nothing to wish for.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
The Waleis… are even denser than Bavarian folk, though stout men with their weapons. Whoever is born in either land will blossom into a prodigy of tact and courtesy!

Wolfram von Eschenbach
Mistress Love, you have one merit and no others: Mistress Affection keeps you company. Else would your rule be sadly wanting!

Wolfram von Eschenbach
Day thrust its brightness through the window-pane.
They, locked together, strove to keep Day out
And could not, whence they grew aware of dread.
She, his beloved, casting her arms about
Her loved one, caught him close to her again.
Her eyes drenched both their cheeks. She said:
"One body and two hearts are we."

Wolfram von Eschenbach
You have heard the saying from before your time that if a man saved another from death that other would be his enemy ever after.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
Losers always meet with mockery, Heaven sides with the fortunate.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
Trees have their sap from water. Water fecundates all things made that are called "creature". We see by means of water. Water gives many souls a splendor not to be outshone by the Angels.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
You must never lose your sense of shame. If one is past all shame what is one fit for? One lives like a bird in moult, shedding good qualities like plumes all pointing down to Hell.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
Wherever you can win a lady's ring and greeting, take it – it will rid you of the dumps. Waste no time, but kiss and embrace her. It will bring you good fortune and raise your spirits, granted she be chaste and good.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
You must be rich and poor with discretion. A nobleman who squanders his property does not display a noble spirit, while if he hoards his wealth to excess it will bring dishonor.

Wolfram von Eschenbach
A loyal-hearted man rejoices at a friend's advancement; a disloyal man cries out in sorrow when something pleasant befalls his friend and he is there to see it.

Wolfram von Eschenbach