All Quotes by John Gower
“For whan men wene best to have achieved,The werre hath no thing siker, thogh he winne.”
“Bot for men sein, and soth it is,Somwhat of lust, somewhat of lore.”
“But in proverbe I have herde say,The rather a good end he winneth.”
“For loves lawe is out of reule.”
“It hath and schal ben everemorThat love is maister wher he wile.”
“He hath the sor which no man heleth,The which is cleped lack of herte.”
“O fol of alle foles,That wolde sitte and goth to grounde.”
“The beauté faye upon her faceNon erthly thing it may desface.”
“Nevere yitWhich cleped is the jolif wo.”
“What is a lond wher men ben none?Bot if the jugges weren trewe?”
“So goth the world, now wo, now wel”