500 – 1400 CE
Troubadours, epic poetry, and devotional verse across cultures.
People can die of mere imagination
— Geoffrey Chaucer
"People can die of mere imagination"
The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on
— Omar Khayyam
"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on"
"The path to paradise begins in hell"
Patience is a conquering virtue
"Patience is a conquering virtue"
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"
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 ..."
Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about them if today be sweet
"Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about them if today be sweet"
"Forbid us something, and that thing we desire"
In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself in a dark wood
"In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself in a dark wood"
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..."
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"
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life"
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