Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.
Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.
Experience, though non auctoritee
Were in this world, is right ynough to me
To speke of wo read more
Experience, though non auctoritee
Were in this world, is right ynough to me
To speke of wo that is in mariage. . . .
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
The guilty think all talk is of themselves
Rose were sette of swete savour,
With many roses that thei bere.
Rose were sette of swete savour,
With many roses that thei bere.
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
The first vertue, sone, if thou wilt lerne,
Is to restreyne and kepen wel thy tonge.
