John Gower quotes

" For whan men wene best to have achieved, Ful ofte it is al newe to beginne: The werre hath no thing siker, thogh he winne. " # Consequences # Friends and Friendship # Death and Dying

" Bot for men sein, and soth it is, That who that al of wisdom writ It dulleth ofte a mannes wit To him that schal it aldai rede, For thilke cause, if that ye rede, I wolde go the middel weie And wryte a bok betwen the tweie, Somwhat of lust, somewhat of lore. " # Preachers and Preaching # Wisdom # Friends and Friendship

" But in proverbe I have herde say, That who that wel his werk beginneth, The rather a good end he winneth. " # Age and Aging # Proverbs # Socializing and Socialism

" For loves lawe is out of reule. " # Love

" It hath and schal ben everemor That love is maister wher he wile. " # Love

" He hath the sor which no man heleth, The which is cleped lack of herte. " # Death and Dying

" O fol of alle foles, Thou farst as he betwen tuo stoles That wolde sitte and goth to grounde. " # Voting

" The beauté faye upon her face Non erthly thing it may desface. "

" Nevere yit Was non, which half so loste his wit Of drinke, as thei of such thing do Which cleped is the jolif wo. " # Alcohol and Alcoholism

" What is a lond wher men ben none? What ben the men whiche are alone Withoute a kinges governance? What is a king in his ligance, Wher that ther is no lawe in londe? What is to take lawe on honde, Bot if the jugges weren trewe? " # Cooperation # Government # Law and Lawyers