Marie de France Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.”