If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain! Votes: 15
But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth. Votes: 12
I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest. Votes: 12
Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason. Votes: 11
For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter. Votes: 10
Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name. Votes: 9
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. Votes: 8
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. Votes: 8
Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind. Votes: 8
Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved. Votes: 7
In times gone by there lived a Count of Ponthieu, who loved chivalry and the pleasures of the world beyond measure, and moreover was a stout knight and a gallant gentleman Votes: 7
The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world. Votes: 6
A bully is not reasonable - he is persuaded only by threats. Votes: 4
Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips. Votes: 4
Man created God in his image: intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent. Votes: 3
But Fortune, who never forgets her duty, turns her wheel suddenly. Votes: 3
Desire can blind us to the hazards of our enterprises. Votes: 3
Whoever believes in a man is very foolish. Votes: 3
Whoever wants to tell a variety of stories ought to have a variety of beginnings. Votes: 3
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. Votes: 2
The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority. Votes: 2
He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune. Votes: 2
Whoever has received knowledgeand eloquence in speech from Godshould not be silent or secretivebut 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. Votes: 1
Being too consumed in fear all the time will result in poor quality of life Votes: 0
By men's words we know them. Votes: 0
The rich are never threatened by the poor - they do not notice them. Votes: 0
We love what we should scorn if we were wiser. Votes: 0
You have to endure what you can't change. Votes: 0