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Sum bethe of wer, and sum of wo,
Sum of joie and mirthe also;
And sum of trecherie and of gile,
Of old aventours that fel while;
And sum of bourdes and ribaudy;
And many ther beth of fairy;
Of all thinges that men seth;
Maist o love forsothe thai beth.

— Marie de France Attributed

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Wikiquote lists this as attributed to Marie de France, but no primary source has been found.

Source: Lay le Freine, a 14th-century Middle English translation of Le Fresne. Epigraph to Child's English and Scottish Ballads (1860)
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