Misattributed quotes — Alfred the Great
840–890 England
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Never believe the speech of all men, nor all the things that you hear sung.
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As Alfred says, that learned king:
"The hated man can't intercede;
The angry man's not fit to plead."
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He þat is ute biloken
he is inne sone forgeten.
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For Alfred seide a wis word,
euch mon hit schulde legge on hord:
"3ef thu isihst er he beo icume,
his strencþe is him wel neh binume."
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Ne ches þe neuere to fere
littele mon ne long ne red...
Þe luttele mon he his so rei,
ne mai non him wonin nei...
Þe lonke mon is leþe bei,
selde comid is herte rei...
Þe rede mon he is a quet,
for he wole þe þin iwil red
he is cocker, þef and horeling,
scolde, of wrechedome he is king...
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