Eustache Deschamps quotes
Eustache Deschamps was a French poet and diplomat of the late Middle Ages. His extensive body of poetry provides vivid insights into the society and culture of fourteenth-century France. He helped lay the groundwork for future French verse with his innovations in form and satire. Here are 4 of his quotes:
If all the sky was made of gold leaf, and the air was starred with fine silver, and treasure borne on all the winds, and every drop of sea-water was a florin, and it rained down, morning and evening, riches, goods, honours, jewels, money, till all the people were filled with it, and I stood there naked in such rain and wind, never a drop of it would fall on me.
Eustache Deschamps
Eustache Deschamps
Occupation: French PoetBorn: 1340
Died: 1406
Quotes count: 4
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