Maxioms by Geoffrey Chaucer
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.
His studie was but litel on the Bible.
His studie was but litel on the Bible.
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
He koude songes make and well endite.
He koude songes make and well endite.
For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent read more
For of Fortune's sharpe adversite,
The worste kynde of infortune is this,
A man to hav bent in prosperite,
And it remembren whan it passed is.
