Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
Nowher so besy a man as he ther was,
And yet he semed bisier than he was.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
Experience, though non auctoritee
Were in this world, is right ynough to me
To speke of wo read more
Experience, though non auctoritee
Were in this world, is right ynough to me
To speke of wo that is in mariage. . . .
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
