Quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer

It snewed in his hous of mete and drynke.

Ek gret effect men write in place lite;Th' entente is al, and nat the lettres space.

O wynd, o wynd, the weder gynneth clere.

Thing that is seyd is seyd; and forth it gooth.

Fy on possessiounBut if a man be vertuous withal.

He was as fressh as is the month of May.

Ech man for hymself.

My wit is thynne.

And was al his chiere, as in his herte.

He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght.

That Paradis stood formed in her yën.

Oon ere it herde, at tothir out it wente.

Ful wys is he that can himselven knowe (Very wise is he that can know himself.)

Patience is a conquering virtue.

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.

What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.

people can die of mere imagination

If gold rusts, what then can iron do?

the greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people

No empty handed man can lure a bird

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.

Then you compared a woman's love to Hell, To barren land where water will not dwell, And you compared it to a quenchless fire, The more it burns the more is its desire To burn up everything that burnt can be. You say that just as worms destroy a tree A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives.

Purity in body and heart May please some--as for me, I make no boast. For, as you know, no master of a household Has all of his utensils made of gold; Some are wood, and yet they are of use.

Life is short. Art long. Opportunity is fleeting. Expierience treacherous. Judgement difficult.