Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.
The false lapwynge, full of trecherye.
Of harmes two the less is for to chose.
Of harmes two the less is for to chose.
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.
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.]
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
