Love & Relationships Sayings

33 sayings found from the Medieval era from 11 authors

I am a Frank, but I love the Latin tongue.

— Charlemagne c. 790
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The heart of a king should be filled with love for his people.

— Charlemagne c. 800
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I will rule the world by force if necessary, but it is better to rule by love.

— Genghis Khan 1210s
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Of remedies of love he knew al chaunce, / And everich of hem knew he bet than his page.

— Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1387-1400
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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.

— Geoffrey Chaucer Approx. 1382
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I once asked a bird, 'How do you fly in this gravity of darkness?' She responded, 'love lifts me.'

— Hafez c. 1325-1390 CE
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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.

— Hafez Approx. 1370
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The heart is a thousand-stringed instrument that can only be tuned with Love.

— Hafez Approx. 1370
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Even a quiet heart shapes the world with its hidden song.

— Kabir 15th Century
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Truth untethers the heart and frees burdens unseen.

— Kabir 15th Century
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The beloved is hidden where you refuse to look: in yourself.

— Kabir 15th Century
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The true devotee is a madman. He does not care for the world, nor for God. He only cares for love.

— Kabir c. 15th century
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The ant can carry a mountain, if it has faith. The mountain can carry an ant, if it has love.

— Kabir c. 15th century
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The mind is a monkey, and the heart is a bird. The monkey jumps, and the bird flies.

— Kabir c. 15th century
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The flute of the Infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.

— Kabir 15th century
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And in this country, they have a custom that when a man dies, his wife is buried alive with him.

— Marco Polo c. 1300
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How strange a thing is the heart of man!

— Murasaki Shikibu c. 1000-1012 CE
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I write because if I didn’t, my heart would burst.

— Murasaki Shikibu unknown
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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.

— Omar Khayyam c. 11th-12th century
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Whoever shall set out on this journey out of devotion alone, and not for gain or honor, shall be absolved from all sin.

— Pope Urban II 1095
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