Emperor Yong Le

Famous quotes containing the words emperor and/or yong:

    Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives.
    Chinese proverb.

    And I was yong and ful of ragerye,
    Stibourne and strong and joly as a pie:
    How coude I daunce to an harpe smale,
    And singe, ywis, as any nightingale,
    Whan I hadde dronke a draughte of sweete win.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)