Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
[Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, read more
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
[Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j'ai vecu pres d'elle.]
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde
And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.
In jalousie I rede eek thou hym bynde
And thou shalt make him couche as doeth a quaille.