John Gower Quotes

• For loves lawe is out of reule.

  John Gower

  John Gower (1857). “Confessio Amantis of John Gower”, p.42

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• But in proverbe I have herde say,That who that wel his werk beginneth,The rather a good end he winneth.

  John Gower

  Ends

  John Gower (1857). “Confessio Amantis of John Gower”, p.4

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• A king may spille, a king may save; A king may make of lorde a knave; And of a knave a lorde also.

  John Gower

  Kings, May, Knaves

  John Gower (1857). “Confessio amantis”, p.147

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• There is no deception on the part of the woman, where a man bewilders himself: if he deludes his own wits, I can certainly acquit the women. Whatever man allows his mind to dwell upon the imprint his imagination has foolishly taken of women, is fanning the flames within himself -- and, since the woman knows nothing about it, she is not to blame. For if a man incites himself to drown, and will not restrain himself, it is not the water's fault.

  John Gower

  Taken, Men, Flames

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• For who that noght dar undertake,
  Be riht he schal no profit take
  [For who that dare not undertake,
  By right he shall no profit take.
  i.e., Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]

  John Gower

  Risk, Profit, Dare

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