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Marie de France

"If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain!"

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"If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain!"

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Amber Hurdle

"If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."

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"When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend."

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Amber Hurdle

"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative."

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Amber Hurdle

"However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship."

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"Here the whole world (stars, water, air,And field, and forest, as they wereReflected in a single mind)Like cast off clothes was left behindIn ashes, yet with hopes that she,Re-born from holy poverty,In lenten lands, hereafter mayResume them on her Easter Day."(Epitaph for Joy Davidman)"

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Amber Hurdle

"The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define."

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"Caroline was always moody and miserable, but I liked it. I liked feeling as if she had chosen me as the only person in the world not to hate, and so we spent all this time together just ragging on everyone, you know?"

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Amber Hurdle

"And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panelling, the question should never be: 'Do I like that kind of service?' but 'Are these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper?"

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Amber Hurdle

"True friends appear less moved than counterfeit."

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Amber Hurdle

"In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge."

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"Great were the lamentation and the cry when the news of this mischance was noised about the city. Such a tumult of mourning was never before heard, for the whole city was moved."
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"I love no woman, for love is a serious business, not a jest."
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"For above all things Love means sweetness, and truth, and measure; yea, loyalty to the loved one and to your word. And because of this I dare not meddle with so high a matter."
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"For what the lover would, that would the beloved; what she would ask of him that should he go before to grant. Without accord such as this, love is but a bond and a constraint."
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"The fool shouts loudly, thinking to impress the world."
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"Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously."
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"Whosoever counts these Lays as fable, may be assured that I am not of his mind."
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"Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name."
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"The dead and past stories that I have told again in divers fashions, are not set down without authority."
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"There are divers men who make a great show of loyalty, and pretend to such discretion in the hidden things they hear, that at the end folk come to put faith in them."
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