Vayne Quotes
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And while I at length debate and beate the bushe, There shall steppe in other men, and catche the burdes, And by long time lost in many vayne wurdes.
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More Vayne Quotes
Thou shalt make castels thanne in Spayne And dreme of joye, all but in vayne.
Geoffrey Chaucer— The Romaunt of the Rose, l.2573-4. This translationof the Roman delaRose has been attributed to Chaucer but it is thought now to be the work of several authors, including Chaucer.
And while I at length debate and beate the bushe,There shall steppe in other men, and catche the burdes,And by long time lost in many vayne wurdes.
john heywood— And while I at length debate and beat the bush,There shall step in other men, and catch the birds,And by long time lost in many vain words.
— Part I, chapter 3.
