Humorous Sayings
264 sayings found from the Medieval era
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
Through me the way to the dolorous city; Through me the way to eternal pain; Through me the way among the people lost.
Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.
O human race, born for flight to heaven, why do you fall for a breath of wind?
The more a thing is perfect, the more it feels pleasure and pain.
Love, that in gentle heart is quickly learned, seized him for the fair form that was ta'en from me; And still the mode offends me.
From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.
The deepest hell is reserved for those who betray their friends.
Nature has made me a lover of beauty, and not of gain.
The divine power, the supreme wisdom, and the primal love.
The greatest gift that God in his bounty bestowed on creation was the freedom of the will.
O you who have sound intellects, look closely at the doctrine that is hidden beneath the veil of the strange verses!
The more perfect a thing is, the more it is subject to good and bad.
I did not die, and yet I was not living.
My guide and I entered that hidden road to return to the bright world; and without thought of any rest, we climbed up, he first and I second, to the point where I saw, through a round opening, some of the beautiful things that Heaven bears; and thenc…
O blind greed, and foolish mortals' minds, that spur you on in life with such desire!
The love that moves the sun and the other stars.
If, then, the present world goes astray, the cause is in you, in you it is to be sought.
My hopes are not of this world.
All hope abandon, ye who enter in!