More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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.
In the stars is written the death of every man.
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
All good things must come to an end.
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.
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.
