Quote#Wisdom
He felle dede doun colde as ony stone
Quote byRobert Mannyng · 1275–1338
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Thomas Hearne (ed.) Peter Langtoft's Chronicle, as Illustrated and Improv'd by Robert of Brunne (1725) vol. 1, p. 56..
English (original)
He felle dede doun colde as ony stone.
— Robert Mannyng
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And thy traveyle shalt thou sone ende, For to thy long home sone shalt thou wende.
Als thai haf wryten and sayd Haf I alle in myn Inglis layd, In symple speche as I couthe, That is lightest in mannes mouthe. I mad noght for no disours, Ne for no seggers, no harpours,
No thyng ys to man so dere As wommanys love yn gode manere. A gode womman is mannys blys.
The scene was changed. It was a bark that slowly held its way, And o'er its lee the coast of France in the light of evening lay; And on its deck a lady sat, who gazed with tearful eyes Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise.
So All is diff’rent, and yet All is One.