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The most delightful and choicest pleasure is that which is hinted at, but never told.

Chrétien de Troyes

The most delightful and choicest pleasure is that which is hinted at, but never told.

Tags: lancelot

I don't give a fistful of ashes!

Chrétien de Troyes

I don't give a fistful of ashes!

Tags: lancelot, lancelot and guinevere, sir lancelot, the knight of the cart

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Chrétien de Troyes (Modern French: [kʁetjɛ̃ də tʁwa]; Old French: Crestien de Troies [kresˈtjẽn də ˈtrojəs]; fl. c. 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval and the Holy Grail. Chrétien's chivalric romances, including Erec and Enide, Lancelot, Perceval and Yvain, represent some of the best-regarded works of medieval literature. His use of structure, particularly in Yvain, has been seen as a step towards the modern novel.

When it hurts and destroys its follower, Love is worse than Hatred.

Chrétien de Troyes

When it hurts and destroys its follower, Love is worse than Hatred.

What the eyes do not see can never pain the heart.

Chrétien de Troyes

What the eyes do not see can never pain the heart.

The man who goes quickly by the direct road passes the man who strays from the path.

Chrétien de Troyes

The man who goes quickly by the direct road passes the man who strays from the path.

Doit chascuns panser et antandreA bien dire et a bien aprandre ;Qu'il est louable de s'appliquerà bien dire et à bien enseigner.

Chrétien de Troyes

Doit chascuns panser et antandreA bien dire et a bien aprandre ;Qu'il est louable de s'appliquerà bien dire et à bien enseigner.

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Potem dobywa nagiego i przetrzymawszy chwilkę w dłoni wkłada z powrotem do pochwy. Wiedzcie, że pięknie mu z mieczem u boku, a jeszcze piękniej – z mieczem w dłoni.

Chrétien de Troyes

Potem dobywa nagiego i przetrzymawszy chwilkę w dłoni wkłada z powrotem do pochwy. Wiedzcie, że pięknie mu z mieczem u boku, a jeszcze piękniej – z mieczem w dłoni.

One cannot love with the eyes alone.

Chrétien de Troyes

One cannot love with the eyes alone.

My good sir, is she your daughter then?''Yes, but don't pay any attention to what she says,' said the lord. 'She's a child - a silly, foolish thing.''Indeed,' said my lord Gawain, 'then I'd be very il...

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My good sir, is she your daughter then?''Yes, but don't pay any attention to what she says,' said the lord. 'She's a child - a silly, foolish thing.''Indeed,' said my lord Gawain, 'then I'd be very il...

He who wants to do more than he is able must admit defeat or retire.

Chrétien de Troyes

He who wants to do more than he is able must admit defeat or retire.

Lovers do not realize what they are doing when they conceal their feelings from one another. It is not easy to love, and if you do not boldly build a strong foundation, you cannot hope to build succes...

Chrétien de Troyes

Lovers do not realize what they are doing when they conceal their feelings from one another. It is not easy to love, and if you do not boldly build a strong foundation, you cannot hope to build succes...

I'd rather be torn limb from limb than have our love remembered like that of Tristan and Isolde, which has become a source of mockery and makes me ashamed to talk of it. I could never agree to lead th...

Chrétien de Troyes

I'd rather be torn limb from limb than have our love remembered like that of Tristan and Isolde, which has become a source of mockery and makes me ashamed to talk of it. I could never agree to lead th...

You who are wise in the ways of Love, who faithfully adhere to the customs and usages of his court and have never violated his injunctions no matter what the consequences, tell me: is it possible to b...

Chrétien de Troyes

You who are wise in the ways of Love, who faithfully adhere to the customs and usages of his court and have never violated his injunctions no matter what the consequences, tell me: is it possible to b...

I have not been given the name Soredamors for nothing. I must love and I must be loved, and I wish to prove this by my name, if I can reason it out. It is significant that the first part of my name is...

Chrétien de Troyes

I have not been given the name Soredamors for nothing. I must love and I must be loved, and I wish to prove this by my name, if I can reason it out. It is significant that the first part of my name is...

He who spends all his time amassing wealth is a slave to it.

Chrétien de Troyes

He who spends all his time amassing wealth is a slave to it.

For sorrow to which one gives voice is worth nothing if it does not touch the heart.

Chrétien de Troyes

For sorrow to which one gives voice is worth nothing if it does not touch the heart.

Et celui de la charrette reste plongé dans ses penséesTout comme une personne privée de force et de défenseContre Amour qui le maintient sous sa juridiction ;Sa méditation est d'une intensité telleQu'...

Chrétien de Troyes

Et celui de la charrette reste plongé dans ses penséesTout comme une personne privée de force et de défenseContre Amour qui le maintient sous sa juridiction ;Sa méditation est d'une intensité telleQu'...

But many have to look on in silence at what distresses them.

Chrétien de Troyes

But many have to look on in silence at what distresses them.

Veáis precisado a combatir con algún caballero, acordaos de lo que ahora os quiero decir y rogar: si vos lo vencéis, de modo que él ya no pueda defenderse de vos ni oponérseos y se vea obligado a pone...

Chrétien de Troyes

Veáis precisado a combatir con algún caballero, acordaos de lo que ahora os quiero decir y rogar: si vos lo vencéis, de modo que él ya no pueda defenderse de vos ni oponérseos y se vea obligado a pone...

Alexander did not dare request what he really desired, though he knew that if he asked him for his sweetheart's hand he would have it. But he was so afraid of displeasing her (who would have been over...

Chrétien de Troyes

Alexander did not dare request what he really desired, though he knew that if he asked him for his sweetheart's hand he would have it. But he was so afraid of displeasing her (who would have been over...