500 – 1400 CE
Troubadours, epic poetry, and devotional verse across cultures.
Patience is a conquering virtue
— Geoffrey Chaucer
"Patience is a conquering virtue"
Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about them if today be sweet
— Omar Khayyam
"Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about them if today be sweet"
"Forbid us something, and that thing we desire"
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 ..."
Time and tide wait for no man
"Time and tide wait for no man"
The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on
"The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on"
People can die of mere imagination
"People can die of mere imagination"
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"
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"
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..."
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life"
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"
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