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John Gower
14 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.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But in proverbe I have herde say, That who that wel his werk beginneth, The rather a good end he winneth.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For loves lawe is out of reule.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It hath and schal ben everemor That love is maister wher he wile.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O Venus, queene of lovës cure, Thou lif, thou lust, thou mannës hele, Behold my cause and my querele, And yif me som part of thi grace.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bk. 1, line 132 (ed. G. C. Macauley, vol. 2, 1901)
“He hath the sor which no man heleth, The which is cleped lack of herte.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O fol of alle foles, Thou farst as he betwen tuo stoles That wolde sitte and goth to grounde.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The beauté faye upon her face Non erthly thing it may desface.”
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Recorded in: Bk. 4, line 1321
“Nevere yit Was non, which half so loste his wit Of drinke, as thei of such thing do Which cleped is the jolif wo.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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?”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So goth the world, now wo, now wel”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bk. 8, line 1738.
“O moral Gower!”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, Bk. 5, line 1856.
“In the content of his work it is interesting to notice that he is profoundly English. His romanticism, and his choice of the theme of Time and Age – both these look back to the Anglo-Saxons and forward to the nineteenth century. Yet his form is French. The heart is insular and romantic, the head cool and continental: it is a good combination.”
John Gower (1330–1408) said by 1408 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: C. S. Lewis, The Allegory of Love (1975 [1936]), p. 222.