More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.
All good things must come to an end.
Patience is a conquering virtue.
Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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.
