Friday, April 16, 2010

Sixteenth Century Quote of the Week


"L'homme en toute saison,
A gaigner biens pourchasse:
La femme en la maison
Les garde, & les amasse."

"The husband, in every season,
Seeks to earn goods;
The wife keeps and collects them
In the home."

Gilles Corrozet (1510-1568), writer and publisher
Hécatongraphie (1543)

[translation mine]

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