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.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though read more
Certes, they been lye to hounds, for an hound when he cometh by the roses, or by other bushes, though he may nat pisse, yet wole he heve up his leg and make a countenance to pisse.
