Robert Henryson Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“For to be yong I wald not, for my wis, Off all this warld to mak me lord and king: The more of age, the nerar hevynnis blis.”
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“The man that will nocht quhen he may Sall haif nocht quhen he wald.”
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“Ane bow that is ay bent Worthis ay unsmart and dullis on the string; Sa dois the mynd that is ay diligent In ernistfull thochtis and in studying.”
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“Best thing in eird,I say for me, Is merry hart with small possessioun.”
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“Louers be war and tak gude heid about Quhome that ye lufe, for quhome ye suffer paine. I lat yow wit, thair is richt few thairout Quhome ye may traist to haue trew lufe agane.”
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“Nocht is your fairnes bot ane faiding flour, Nocht is your famous laud and hie honour Bot wind inflat in uther mennis eiris.”
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“The nuttes schell, thocht it be hard and teuch,Haldis the kirnill, and is delectabill.Sa lyis thair ane doctrine wyse aneuch,And full of fruit, under ane fenyeit Fabill.”
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“In breif Sermone ane pregnant sentence wryte.”
-- Robert Henryson
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