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Love without fear and trepidation is fire without flame and heat.

— Chrétien de Troyes

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Only a very base person forgets when he is done some shame or mischief.

For hunger is a sauce, well blended and prepared, for any food.

A woman who freely surrenders her lips gives the rest very readily.

No one can be too talkative without often saying something that makes him look foolish, for the wise man's saying goes: "Whoever talks too much does himself a bad turn."

"It's obvious that it's after dinner," says Kay, unable to hold his tongue. "There are more words in a potful of wine than in a barrel of beer".

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
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