Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
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.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
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.
Nature vicarye of the Almighty Lord.
Nature vicarye of the Almighty Lord.
