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Marie de France
Geburtstag: 1154
Todesdatum: 1189
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Marie de France war eine französischsprachige Dichterin.
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„The two of them resembled the honeysuckle which clings to the hazel branch: when it has wound itself round and attached itself to the hazel, the two can survive together: but if anyone should then attempt to separate them, the hazel quickly dies, as does the honeysuckle. "Sweet love, so it is with us: without me you cannot survive, nor I without you."“
— Marie de France
"Chevrefoil", line 74; p. 110.
„If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain! But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth. 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. For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure.“
— Marie de France
"Graelent", line 85; pp. 149-50.
„Love is not honourable, unless it is based on equality.“
— Marie de France
"Equitan", line 137; p. 58.
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„Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.“
— Marie de France
"Graelent", line 77; p. 149.
„It is likewise with the proud, rich man: he will never have mercy on the poor man because of his hue or his cry, but if the poor man could wreak vengeance on him, then you would see the rich man bow.“
— Marie de France
Fables, no. 10, "The Fox and the Eagle", line 18; cited from Mary Lou Martin (trans.) The Fables of Marie de France (Birmingham, Alabama: Summa, 1984) pp. 54-6. Translation from the same source, p. 55.
