500 – 1400 CE
Troubadours, epic poetry, and devotional verse across cultures.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life
— Omar Khayyam
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life"
Time and tide wait for no man
— Geoffrey Chaucer
"Time and tide wait for no man"
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou beside me singing i…
"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou beside me singing in the wilderness"
People can die of mere imagination
"People can die of mere imagination"
Love, which absolves no one beloved from loving, seized me s…
— Dante Alighieri
"Love, which absolves no one beloved from loving, seized me so strongly with his ..."
Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, …
"Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue..."
"Forbid us something, and that thing we desire"
"The path to paradise begins in hell"
Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you
"Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you"
Patience is a conquering virtue
"Patience is a conquering virtue"
The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on
"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on"
There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery
"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery"
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