Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind.
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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
The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world.
Marie de France
But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth.
Marie de France
He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune.
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
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
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