Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
And for to se, and eek for to be seye.
Hyt is not al golde that glareth.
Hyt is not al golde that glareth.
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.]
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.