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.
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He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.Marie de France
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
For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint.
Marie de France
Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips.
Marie de France
The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority.
Marie de France
Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind.
Marie de France
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