More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
In the stars is written the death of every man.
Strike while the iron is hot.
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.
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.
Patience is a conquering virtue.
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
