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    How to Save Your Soul at a Dance, 1530

    engraving of man and woman preparing to dance

    Never doze during the ball, please, my good companion: sleeping during the dance is like denying God.

    Antonius Arena, Leges dansandi (trans. John Guthrie and Marino Zorzi)

    Tie up your codpiece and wipe your face, because God is waiting for you to bust a move.

    Tags: 16th century, dancing, sacrilege, words to live by

    Updated: July 19, 2013

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