Heldris de Cornualles
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Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
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“A good woman should neither take offense
nor blame herself for someone else's faults,
but simply strive all the harder to do what is right.”
― Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
nor blame herself for someone else's faults,
but simply strive all the harder to do what is right.”
― Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
“What good does it do one to pile up wealth
if no good or honor issues from it?
Assets are worth much less than manure:
at least dung enriches the soil,
but the wealth that is locked away
is a disgrace to the man who hoards it.”
― Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
if no good or honor issues from it?
Assets are worth much less than manure:
at least dung enriches the soil,
but the wealth that is locked away
is a disgrace to the man who hoards it.”
― Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
“I am not to blame, you know,
whether the child is male or female.
God who created and who watches over mankind
has decreed that the mother should be happy
and the father pleased with any child.”
― Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
whether the child is male or female.
God who created and who watches over mankind
has decreed that the mother should be happy
and the father pleased with any child.”
― Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
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