Love & Relationships Sayings
33 sayings found from the Medieval era from 11 authors
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I am a Frank, but I love the Latin tongue.
The heart of a king should be filled with love for his people.
I will rule the world by force if necessary, but it is better to rule by love.
Of remedies of love he knew al chaunce, / And everich of hem knew he bet than his page.
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, Th'assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge, The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne: Al this mene I by love.
I once asked a bird, 'How do you fly in this gravity of darkness?' She responded, 'love lifts me.'
Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.
The heart is a thousand-stringed instrument that can only be tuned with Love.
Even a quiet heart shapes the world with its hidden song.
Truth untethers the heart and frees burdens unseen.
The beloved is hidden where you refuse to look: in yourself.
The true devotee is a madman. He does not care for the world, nor for God. He only cares for love.
The ant can carry a mountain, if it has faith. The mountain can carry an ant, if it has love.
The mind is a monkey, and the heart is a bird. The monkey jumps, and the bird flies.
The flute of the Infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
And in this country, they have a custom that when a man dies, his wife is buried alive with him.
How strange a thing is the heart of man!
I write because if I didn’t, my heart would burst.
Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears To-day of past Regrets and future Fears: To-morrow!—Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n thousand Years.
Whoever shall set out on this journey out of devotion alone, and not for gain or honor, shall be absolved from all sin.