“Only a very base person forgets when he is done some shame or mischief.”

—  Chrétien de Troyes

Que molt est malvais qui oblie
S'on li fait honte ne laidure.
Source: Perceval or Le Conte du Graal, Line 2902.

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Que molt est malvais qui oblie S'on li fait honte ne laidure.

Perceval or Le Conte du Graal

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