Andreas capellanus quote of love

Andreas Cappellanus� [Andrew the Chaplain�s]  31 rules for courtly lovers
(developed c. 1185 at the court of  Eleanor of Aquitaine and at the court of her daughter, Marie [Cecily] de Champagne, where Chr�tien de Troyes was writing):

1. The pretext of marriage is no proper excuse against love.
2. No one who is not jealous can love.
3. No one can have two loves at once.
4. Love is always growing or diminishing.
5. There is no savour in anything obtained by the lover against the beloved�s will.
6. It is not customary for a man to love before puberty.
7. It is right that the lover should remain unmarried for two years after the death of the beloved.
8. No one should be deprived of his love without very good reason.
9. No one can love unless driven on by the prospect of love.
10. Love is always banished from the home of avarice.
11. It is not right to love women one would be ashamed to take to wife.
12. A love divulged rarely lasts.
13. The true lover desires no embraces from any other than the be Best quote of love messages.