Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
She lovede Right fro the firste sighte.
She lovede Right fro the firste sighte.
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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.
This noble ensample to his sheepe he gaf,--
That firste he wroughte and after he taughte.
This noble ensample to his sheepe he gaf,--
That firste he wroughte and after he taughte.
