Middle English Romance

Famous quotes containing the words middle, english and/or romance:

    “What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.”
    —Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)

    “Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.”
    —18th-century English proverb.

    “Not romance but companionship makes the happiness of daily life.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)