He was one of the first explorers of the human heart, and i… - Chrétien de Troyes

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He was one of the first explorers of the human heart, and is therefore rightly to be numbered among the fathers of the novel of sentiment.

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Crestïens de Troies was a late 12th-century French poet who played a key part in creating the romance form and in popularizing the Arthurian legend in Europe. His name is conventionally given in the modernized form Chrétien de Troyes. English quotations are taken from the translations by D. D. R. Owen: Chrétien de Troyes Arthurian Romances (London, 1987) .

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Alternative Names: Chretien de Troyes • Chrétien • Chrestien de Troye

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Nus ne puet estre trop parliers
Qui sovent tel chose ne die
Qui torné li est affolie,
Car li sages dit et retrait:
Qui trop parole, il se mesfait.

The joy of love when it comes late is like the burning of a green log, which gives out all the more heat and keeps its ability to do so all the longer, the slower it is to kindle.

Only a very base person forgets when he is done some shame or mischief.

He was one of the first explorers of the human heart, and is therefore rightly to be numbered among the fathers of the novel of sentiment. - Chrétien de Troyes

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