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For a story which is nat pleynli told,
But constreynyd undir woordes fewe
For lak off trouthe, wher thei be newe or olde,
Men bi report kan nat the mater shewe.

— John Lydgate

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Woord is but wynd; leff woord and tak the dede.

All is not golde that outward shewith bright.

All is not golde that shewyth goldishe hewe.

Harde to likke hony out of a marbil stoon,
For ther is nouthir licour nor moisture.

The wheel of Fortune tourneth as a ball;
Sodeyn clymbyng axeth a sodeyn fall.

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