“The more a man gazes on what he loves, the more he sets fire to his heart and bastes it with bacon fat.””
Quotes by de Lorris Guillaume
“كما أن البحرلا يمكن تجفيفه، فإن أوجاع المحب وتباريح الغرام لا يمكن حصرها في الروايات””
“From here to Jerusalem no woman has a more beautiful neck; it was smooth and soft to the touch. She had a bosom as white has the snow upon a branch, when it has just fallen. Her body as well made and svelte;you would not have had to seek anywhere on earth to find a woman with a more beautiful body. She had a pretty chaplet of gold embroidery. There was never a girl more elegant or better arrayed; nor would I have described her right. Above the chaplet of gold embroidery was one of fresh roses, and in her hand she held a mirror, and she had arranged her hair with a rich head-band.””
“MANY men say that in our dreams There are but lies and idle themes; And yet a man can dream such dreams As are not lies, rather, it seems, Their meaning, later, becomes clear. We may invoke as witness here,””
“Love, if I think right, is a sickness of thought that takes place between two persons of different sex when they are in close proximity and open to each other. It arises among people from the burning desire, born of disordinate glances, to embrace and kiss each other and to have the solace of one another's body. A lover so burns and is so enraptured that he thinks of nothing else; he takes no account of bearing fruit, but strives only for delight.””
de Lorris GuillaumeGuillaume de Lorris was a French poet of the 13th century, best known for his seminal work, 'Le Roman de la Rose.' This allegorical poem, which he began around 1230, explores themes of love and courtl...