Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
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.
The thrustelcok made eek hir lay,
The wode dove upon the spray
She sang ful loude and read more
The thrustelcok made eek hir lay,
The wode dove upon the spray
She sang ful loude and cleere.
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.
