A wikked tonge wol alway deme amis.
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"Ballad of Good Counsel", line 7.John Lydgate
And for ther is so gret diversite
In Englissh and in writyng of oure tonge,
So prey I God that non myswrite the,
Ne the mysmetre for defaute of tonge;
And red wherso thow be, or elles songe,
That thow be understonde, God I biseche!Geoffrey Chaucer
Martin Amis's reputation as the bad boy of British writing shouldn't overpower the fact that he's simply a fantastic writer. His brash, intelligent novels are sharp with insight, and his wordplay makes reading Amis feel like playing: swinging high in a swing, hanging from monkey bars, just having fun.
Yet his view of the world is not a light one... authors across the "pond" often hone a super-realism that is actually bleak. Amis's hyperbole makes his works funny, but they're funny with an edge.Martin Amis
Who was hiër in philosophie
To Aristotle, in our tonge, but thow?Thomas Occleve
Nos amis, les ennemis.
Pierre-Jean de Beranger
He helde about him alway, out of drede,
A world of folke.Geoffrey Chaucer
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