Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by John Lydgate

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet John Lydgate.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
John Lydgate

John Lydgate of Bury was an English monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England.

English - Poet | 1370 - 1451
A voluminous, prosaick, and drivelling Monk.
All is not golde that outward shewith bright.
Woord is but wynd; leff woord and tak the dede. — © John Lydgate
Woord is but wynd; leff woord and tak the dede.
All is not golde that shewyth goldishe hewe.
For it ne sits not unto fresh May Forto be coupled to cold January.
For love is mor than gold or gret richesse; Gold faileth ofte; love wol abyde.
You can't get blood from a stone.
Empty vessels make the most sound.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
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