160 Quotes About Medieval

Ecce deus fortior me, qui veniens dominabitur michi.

Сто раз из ста, когда критик или читатель пишут или говорят, что мой герой высказывает чересчур современные мысли, – в каждом случае речь идет о буквальных цитатах из текстов XIV. А на других страницах читающие находили «утонченно средневековые» пассажи, которые я писал, сознавая, что неприлично модернизирую. Все дело в том, что у каждого есть собственное понятие – обычно извращенное – о средних веках. Только нам, тогдашним монахам, открыта истина. Но за нее, бывает, жгут на костре.

I guess it really had been brave . . . because it was so bugger-all stupid, and if there was one thing I'd come to realize, ti was that bravery and bugger-all stupidity went hand in hand.

I remember so many things [. . .] The problem is, only half of them are true . . . and the half which is true keeps changing places with the half which is false.

It is dangerous to become attached to a du Lac. He will break your heart, and you will not recover.

In retrospect, I would have to recommend against epiphanies. They are difficult on an emotional level, and they also sometimes move you to foolish and inopportune acts, which was what happened in my case.

People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach.

Only in this world of topsy-turvy attitudes could outright stupidity, such as I had displayed, be something that got me high marks. I had an amused glimmering of a notion at that point: If I ever turned out to be a complete and utter fool, I could wind up running the whole kingdom. It was something to consider.

You know better than me that there are people who serve God and those who serve only their own selves.