"Grant joie en ton cuer demenras De la biauté que tu verras; Et saches que du regarder Feras ton cuer frire et larder, Et tout adès en regardant Aviveras le feu ardant. Qui ce qu'il aime plus regarde, Plus alume son cuer et l'arde; Cil art, alume et fait flamer Le feu qui les gens fait amer."
— Roman de la Rose

January 1, 1970

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As a result of the beauty that you see, great joy will dwell in your heart; know, too, that by looking you will make your heart fry and burn, and as you look you will always quicken the burning fire. The more anyone looks upon what he loves, the more he lights and burns his heart. This fat lights and keeps blazing the fire that makes men love. — Lines 2425-2432, tr. Dahlberg (1995) — The more a man gazes on what he loves, the more he sets fire to his heart and bastes it with bacon fat. (tr. Horg