William Langland

But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than…

— William Langland

Manye chapeleyns arn chaste, ac charite is aweye; Are none hardere than hii whan hii ben avaunced: Unkynde to hire kyn and…

— William Langland

Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.

— William Langland

There smites nothing so sharp, nor smelleth so sour as shame.

— William Langland

“And what a tree took away a tree shall restore”

— William Langland

For if hevene be on this erthe, and ese to any soule,It is in cloistre or in scole.

— William Langland

First impressions of mediaeval life are usually coloured by the courtly romances of Malory and his later refiners. Chaucer brings us down…

— William Langland

The Spirit of Justice is the single most important seed Piers planted; if you don't live by its teaching, your chance of…

— William Langland

A fair feeld ful of folk fond I ther bitwene -Of alle manere of men, the meene and the riche,Werchynge and wandrynge…

— William Langland

In a somer seson, whan softe was the sonne, I shoop me into shroudes as I a sheep were, In habite an…

— William Langland

I kan noght parfitly my Paternoster as the preest it syngeth,But I kan rymes of Robyn Hood and Randolf Erl of Chestre.

— William Langland

Who will bell the cat?

— William Langland

Al the povere peple tho pescoddes fetten; Benes and baken apples thei broghte in hir lappe, Chibolles and chervelles and ripe chiries…

— William Langland

For hevene myghte nat holden it, so was it hevy of hymself,Til it hadde of the erthe eten his fille.And whan it…

— William Langland