Niemer Quotes
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Liebe machet schoene wîp:desn mac diu schoene niht getuon, sin machet niemer lieben lîp.
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Liebe machet schoene wîp: desn mac diu schoene niht getuon, sin machet niemer lieben lîp.
— Love makes a woman beautiful –
but beauty does not have such power, beauty cannot make a woman worthy of love.
— "Herzeliebez vrowelîn", line 17; translation from Frederick Goldin German and Italian Lyrics of the Middle Ages (New York: Anchor, 1973) p. 121.
Ir sult niemer iuch verschemn. verschamter lîp, waz touc der mêr? der wont in der mûze rêr, dâ im werdekeit entrîset.
wolfram von eschenbach— You must never lose your sense of shame. If one is past all shame what is one fit for? One lives like a bird in moult, shedding good qualities like plumes all pointing down to Hell.Bk. 3, st. 170, line 16; p. 95
Ir sult niemer iuch verschemn. verschamter lîp, waz touc der mêr? der wont in der mûze rêr, dâ im werdekeit entrîset.
— You must never lose your sense of shame. If one is past all shame what is one fit for? One lives like a bird in moult, shedding good qualities like plumes all pointing down to Hell.
— Bk. 3, st. 170, line 16; p. 95
