Corn Maiden

Famous quotes containing the words corn and/or maiden:

    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 (1340–1400)

    A maiden marries to please her parents; a widow to please herself.
    Chinese proverb.