Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Alain de Lille

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French poet Alain de Lille.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Alain de Lille

Alain de Lille was a French theologian and poet. He was born in Lille, some time before 1128. His exact date of death remains unclear as well, with most research pointing toward it being between 14 April 1202, and 5 April 1203. He is known for writing a number of works on that are based upon the teachings of the liberal arts, with one of his most renowned poems, De planctu Naturae, focusing on human nature in regard to sexual conduct. Although, Alain was widely known during his lifetime, there is not a great deal known about his personal life, with the majority of our knowledge of the theologian coming from the content of his works.

French - Poet | 1128 - 1202
Do not hold everything as gold that shines like gold. — © Alain de Lille
Do not hold everything as gold that shines like gold.
Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture and a mirror for us
Do not hold as gold all that shines as gold.
An abstract style is always bad. Your sentences should be full of stones, metals, chairs, tables, animals, men, and women.
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