Lat be thy wepyng and thi drerynesse, And lat us lissen wo with oother speche; So may thy woful tme seme lesse.
Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde (Norton Critical Editions)
"Leave your anguish, leave your sighs, and mitigate your sorrow by talking, becase doing this makes suffering pass..."
Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filostrato (Norton Critical Editions)











