Marie de France

Man created God in his image: intolerant, sexist, homophobic and violent. ↗

— Marie de France

#religion

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. ↗

— Marie de France

#all things #because #dare #high #i

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. ↗

— Marie de France

#before #city #cry #great #heard

The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world. ↗

— Marie de France

#impress #loudly #shouts #thinking #world

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

#discretion #divers #end #faith #folk

Be sure that you speak with unfeigned lips. ↗

— Marie de France

#speak #sure #you

But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth. ↗

— Marie de France

#heart #love #nothing #passes #person

If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain! ↗

— Marie de France

#false #friendship #how #jealous #last

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

#ask #before #beloved #bond #constraint

He who would tell divers tales must know how to vary the tune. ↗

— Marie de France

#how #know #must #tales #tell