Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
And yet he hadde "a thombe of gold" pardee.
It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.
It is nought good a sleeping hound wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
It is not good a sleping hound to wake.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
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.
