"S'ele est cortoise et debonnaire? El n'est de nulle riens certaine, Ains met les amans en grant paine, Et se fait d'aus dame et mestresse, Mains en déçoit par sa promesse."
— Roman de la Rose

January 1, 1970

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Though Hope be courteous and debonair, She's never certain. Although she may be Lady and mistress of all folk in love, She puts them in great pain, and oft deceives By promise false which she will never keep. — Lines 4050-4054, tr. Robbins (1962)