More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
Time and tide wait for no man.
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.
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.
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.
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Patience is a conquering virtue.
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
