Shocking Sayings
127 sayings found from the Medieval era from 8 authors
Category
Holiday
A leader should be like a mother, caring for her children.
Do not despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say it will not become a dragon?
I am the arm of God, and my mission is to punish the wicked.
The wind of heaven has blown and has set the world ablaze.
It is not enough to conquer; one must know how to rule.
The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.
A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs, to hear the weeping of those who cherished them.
The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from him all that he has.
The greatest joy for a man is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all they possess, to ride their horses, and to embrace their wives and daughters.
A man's greatest work is to conquer his enemies, to ride their horses, and seize their wealth, and to have their most delightful wives as his concubines.
Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies, to pursue them, to deprive them of their possessions, to make their beloved ones weep, to ride on their horses, and to embrace their wives and daughters.
for well he knew a woman has no beard; hed felt a thing all rough and longish-haired.
and Nicholas right in the arse he got.
he pricked her hard and deep, like one gone mad.
Tell me also to what purpose or end the genitals have been made?
If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives.
Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their men to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
Now, good men, God forgive you your trespass, and keep you from the Sin of avarice! Mine holy pardons will save you, if you do give me gold or silver, or else brooches, spoons or rings
He who is accustomed to this Sin of Gluttony may no Sin withstand. He must be in bondage to all vices, for it is in the Devil's hoard where he hides himself and takes his rest.