Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
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.]
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.
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.
