Mawr Quotes
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More Mawr Quotes
Lose nothing for want of asking. (mawr, 1885 p. 116)
— Meaning: Asking is no sin, and being refused is no tragedy.
There is no tree but bears some fruit. (mawr, 1885 p. 131)
— There is no person so useless that he can't be of use to others and to society at large.
Harddwas teg a'm anrhegai, Hylaw ?r mawr hael yw'r Mai. Anfones ym iawn fwnai, Glas defyll glân mwyngyll Mai. Ffloringod brig ni'm digiai, Ffl?r-dy-lis gyfoeth mis Mai.
— A fine handsome youth rewarded me;
May is a generous, open-handed prince.
He sent me true coins:
Clean green leaves of May's gentle hazels.
Twigs' florins don’t disappoint me,
May's fleur-de-lys wealth.
— "Mis Mai" (May), line 9; translation by Patrick Sims-Williams, from Boris Ford (ed.) Medieval Literature: The European Inheritance (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1983) p. 541.
