Olde English

Famous quotes containing the words olde and/or english:

    “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)

    “[He] didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)