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.
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. . . .
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
But every thyng which schyneth as the gold,
Nis nat gold, as that I have herd it told.
Of harmes two the less is for to chose.
Of harmes two the less is for to chose.