The firste fyndere of our faire langage.
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The first finder of our fair language.
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Line 4978; vol. 3, p. 179; modernized-spelling version from Geoffrey Hughes A History of English Words (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000) p. 126.Thomas Occleve
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For he owre englishe gilte with his sawes,
Rude and boistous firste be olde dawes,
That was ful fer from al perfeccioun
And but of litel reputacioun
Til that he cam, and thorugh his poetrie,
Gan oure tonge firste to magnifie
And adourne it with his eloquence:
To whom honour, laude and reuerence.John Lydgate
His complexion exceeding faire – he was so faire that they called him the Lady of Christ's College.
John Aubrey
Il n'est pas si dangereux de faire du mal ? la plupart des hommes que de leur faire trop de bien.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
O yonge fresshe folkes, he or she,
In which that love up-groweth with your age,
Repeyreth hoom fro worldly vanitee,
And of your herte up-casteth the visage
To thilke God that after his image
Yow made, and thynketh al nis but a faire
This world, that passeth sone as floures faire.Geoffrey Chaucer
Celui qui veut trop faire dépendre son bonheur de sa raison, qui le soumet ? l'examen, qui chicane, pour ainsi dire, ses jouissances, et n'admet que des plaisirs délicats, finit par n'en plus avoir. C'est un homme qui, ? force de faire carder son matelas, le voit diminuer, et finit par coucher sur la dure.
Nicolas Chamfort
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