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Can vei la lauzeta moverDe joi sas alas contra·l rai,Que s'oblid'e·s laissa chazerPer la doussor c'al cor li vai,Ai, tan grans enveya m'en veDe cui qu'eu veya jauzïon.
bernart de ventadorn— When I behold the skylark move in perfect joy towards its love the sun, when I behold the skylark, growing drunk with joy, forget the use of wings, so that it topples from the height of heavens, I envy the bird's fate.
— "Can vei la lauzeta mover", line 1; translation from James Branch Cabell The Cream of the Jest ([1917] 1972) p. 33.
Can vei la lauzeta mover De joi sas alas contra·l rai, Que s'oblid'e·s laissa chazer Per la doussor c'al cor li vai, Ai, tan grans enveya m'en ve De cui qu'eu veya jauzïon.
— When I behold the skylark move in perfect joy towards its love the sun, when I behold the skylark, growing drunk with joy, forget the use of wings, so that it topples from the height of heavens, I envy the bird's fate.
— "Can vei la lauzeta mover", line 1; translation from James Branch Cabell The Cream of the Jest ([1917] 1972) p. 33.
Amor, ch'al cor gentil ratto s'apprende,prese costui de la bella personache mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende.
dante alighieri— Love, which is quickly kindled in the gentle heart,seized this man for the fair form that wastaken from me, and the manner still hurts me.
— Canto V, lines 100-102.
Vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus, cor non dolet.
bernard of clairvaux— It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.
— In Festo Omnium Sanctorum, Sermo 5, sect. 5; translation from Scottish Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. 7, p. 59.
Chantars no pot gaire valer,Si d'ins dal cor no mou lo chans!Ni chans no pot dal cor mover,Si no i es fin' amors coraus.
bernart de ventadorn— Singing cannot much avail, if from within the heart comes not the song; nor can the song come from the heart, unless there be there noble love, heartfelt.
— "Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 1; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.
Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina,E'l vago vento spera in rete accogliereChi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina.
jacopo sannazaro— Translation: He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of woman.
— Ecloga Octava; "Plough the sands" found in Juvenal, Satires, VII. Jeremy Taylor, Discourse on Liberty of Prophesying (1647), Introduction.
Ubi saeva indignatio ulterius cor lacerare nequit
jonathan swift— Translation: Where savage indignation can lacerate his heart no more.
— Epitaph. Inscribed on Swift's grave, St. Patrick's, Dublin
E si tot venta'ill freg'aura, L'amor qu'ins el cor mi pleu Mi ten caut on plus iverna.
arnaut daniel— And even if the cold wind blows,
The love that rains in my heart
Keeps me the warmer the colder it is."Ab gai so cundet e leri", line 12; translation by Leonardo Malcovati [1]
Forse, se tu gustassi anco una volta La millesima parte de la gioie Che gusta un cor amato riamando, Diresti, ripentita, sospirando: Perduto è tutto il tempo Che in amar non si spende.
torquato tasso— Perhaps if only once you did enjoy
The thousandth part of all the happiness
A heart beloved enjoys, returning love,
Repentant, you would surely sighing say,
"All time is truly lost and gone
Which is not spent in serving love."Aminta Act I, sc. i, lines 30-31 (1573)Translation by Charles Jernigan and Irene Marchegiani Jones, Aminta (2000) p. 13
E si tot venta'ill freg'aura, L'amor qu'ins el cor mi pleu Mi ten caut on plus iverna.
— And even if the cold wind blows,
The love that rains in my heart
Keeps me the warmer the colder it is.
— "Ab gai so cundet e leri", line 12; translation by Leonardo Malcovati [1]
Chantars no pot gaire valer, Si d'ins dal cor no mou lo chans! Ni chans no pot dal cor mover, Si no i es fin' amors coraus.
— Singing cannot much avail, if from within the heart comes not the song; nor can the song come from the heart, unless there be there noble love, heartfelt.
— "Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 1; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.
Do what Jesus says,... what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church [see 1 cor 6:4]. Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing [see 1 Pt 2:18].
bernard of clairvaux— Bernard of Clairvaux on the Life of the Mind, John R. Sommerfeldt, Newman Press (2004) ISBN 0809142031 ISBN 9780809142033, p. 67
Freedom from the world is, in principle, not asceticism, but rather a distance from the world for which all participation in things worldly takes place in the attitude of “as if not.” (1 cor. 7:29-31)
rudolf bultmann— p. 18 (New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings (1984))
I shall not have it judged by any man, not even by any angel. For since I am certain of it, I shall be your judge and even the angels’ judge through this teaching (as St. Paul says [1 cor. 6:3]) so that whoever does not accept my teaching may not be saved - for it is God’s teaching and not mine.
Martin Luther— Against the Spiritual Estate of the Pope and the Bishops Falsely So Called, July 1522.
— Luther’s Works, Church and Ministry I, Eric W. Gritsch, Helmut T. Lehman eds., Concordia Publishing House, 1986, ISBN 0800603397, ISBN 9780800603397, vol. 39, p. 249. [21]
The ultimate reflection of the Creator’s glory will be the redemption and glorification of our bodies, when at the rapture, our bodies are transformed into the image of Christ. (1 Thess. 4:116-17; 1 cor. 15:51-56).
paul enns— p. 75 (Heaven Revealed (Moody, 2011))
Freedom from the world is, in principle, not asceticism, but rather a distance from the world for which all participation in things worldly takes place in the attitude of “as if not.” (1 cor. 7:29-31)
rudolf bultmann— Rudolf Bultmann, New Testament and Mythology and Other Basic Writings (1984), p. 18
