Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
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.]
For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
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For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
And out of old bokis, in good fey,
Comyth al this newe science that men lere.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
