More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
In the stars is written the death of every man.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
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.
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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.
Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.
All good things must come to an end.
