Quotes by Andreas Capellanus

About Andreas Capellanus:

born 1095 death Woodchurch Kent englandAndreas Capellanus is in some measure an antidote to courtly love. Little is known of Andreas Capellanus's life, but he is presumed to have been a courtier of Marie de Champagne, and probably of French origin.
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Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.

Andreas Capellanus

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 saving...

Andreas Capellanus

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.

Andreas Capellanus

Author Bio

  • NameAndreas Capellanus
  • Description12th-century author
  • Born1150
  • Died1220
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionWriter