Andreas Capellanus
French writer
Lived from: 1150 - 1220
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: France
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Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.
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If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.
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Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.
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