Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
For thre may kepe a counsel, if twain be awaie.
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.