Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
