“ ‘And I would contradict anyone who claims that that suspicion is the same as love. Suspicion may come from love, just as ashes come from fire-but like ashes, suspicion stifles the flame.’ ‘ I think that nothing brings greater grief either to a man or to a woman,’ said Hircan, ‘than to be suspectedContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549): “The Heptameron”: Suspicion”
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Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron”: Love and the monarchy
“ ‘The reason is” said Dagoucin, ‘that in order to maintain peace in the state, consideration is given to the rank of families, the seniority of individuals and the provisions of the law, and not to man’s love and virtue, in order that the monarchy should not be undermined. Consequently, in marriages between social equalsContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron”: Love and the monarchy”
Passage of The Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on Love
“ ‘ I believe” said Nomerfide, ‘ that if one loves perfectly. With a love rooted in God’s commandments, then one will not experience humiliation or dishonour, provided one does not go astray and fall from the perfection of one’s love. For the glory of loving truly knows no shame. And although her body wasContinue reading “Passage of The Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on Love”
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on love
“I would argue that a man who is deeply in love does not commit a sin, or only commits a venial sin, whatever he does. Because I’m certain that if he is in the grip of perfect love, he will not hear the voice of reason, either in his heart or his understanding. And, ifContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: More on love”
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”; Puffery
“So Simontaut began: ‘People who are used to residing at court or in the big towns have such a good opinion of (their own) cleverness that they think everyone else is nothing compared to them. It does not however (follow) that there are not always plenty of clever cunning people in all countries and allContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”; Puffery”
Passage of the Day :Marguerite de Navarre: “The Heptameron”: Love
“I’ll do just as you ask, because the story I have in mind is about a woman who was wanton and a woman who was wise. You may please yourselves which example you follow. You will see that love makes bad people do bad things, and virtuous people do things we should respect. For inContinue reading “Passage of the Day :Marguerite de Navarre: “The Heptameron”: Love”
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: Love
“Those of you how quickly the fire of love spreads when it starts to smoulder in the heart and in the imagination will understand that once Love enters two such perfect subjects, he never stops until he has rendered them obedient to his commands, until indeed he has filled them so full of his clearContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”: Love”
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron”
“’Quite!’ said Longarine. “I’m sure that what you say is true. The fact is that every man who’s ever wanted to be my devoted servant has always started by declaring that my life, my welfare and my honour were all he truly desired. But in the end it’s only their own interests that count, onlyContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre “The Heptameron””
Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron”
“What I mean Hircan is this. If love is based on a woman’s, charm and favours, and if our aim is merely pleasure, ambition or profit, then such a love can never last. For if the whole foundation on which our love is based should collapse then love will fly from us and there willContinue reading “Passage of the Day: Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549) “The Heptameron””
Passage of the Day from “The Heptameron” by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549)
“And we, who are all of good birth, ought to die of shame at the thought that our hearts may be tinged with worldly feelings, even a poor mule-driver’s wife does not fear to face was a most cruel death. Can any women regard herself as virtuous unless she has, like this woman, resisted toContinue reading “Passage of the Day from “The Heptameron” by Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549)”
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