More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
Patience is a conquering virtue.
He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
For there is one thing I can safely say: that those bound by love must obey each other if they are to keep company long. Love will not be constrained by mastery; when mastery comes, the God of love at once beats his wings, and farewell he is gone. Love is a thing as free as any spirit; women naturally desire liberty, and not to be constrained like slaves; and so do men, if I shall tell the truth.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Great peace is found in little busy-ness.