Olde Quotes
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It is better to beAn olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng.
john heywood— It is better to beAn old man's darling than a young man's warling.
— Part II, chapter 7.
That honourable estate of Matrimony, which was sanctified in Paradise, allowed of the Patriarches, hallowed of the olde Prophets, and commended of al persons.
john lyly— P. 86. (Euphues (Arber [1580]))
A comely olde man as busie as a bee.
john lyly— P. 252. (Euphues and his England)
For out of olde feldes, as men seith, Cometh al this new corn fro yeer to yere; And out of olde bokes, in good feith, Cometh al this newe science that men lere.
Geoffrey Chaucer— Parlement of Foules, l. 22-25.
Odyous of olde been comparisonis.
john lydgate— "The Hors, the Shepe, and the Gosse", line 204.
For a story which is nat pleynli told, But constreynyd undir woordes fewe For lak off trouthe, wher thei be newe or olde, Men bi report kan nat the mater shewe.
john lydgate— Prologue, line 92.
It is better to be An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng.
— It is better to be
An old man's darling than a young man's warling.
— Part II, chapter 7.
Yet in oure asshen olde is fyr yreke.
Geoffrey Chaucer— Geoffrey Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, The Reves Prologue, line 3,881.
It is an olde saw, he fighteth wele (well) that fleith faste.
— Gesta Romanorum. Wolf and the Hare. 15th cent. MS.
