Quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer

For thogh we slepe, or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme; it nyl no man abyde.

Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion.

The gretteste clerkes been noght wisest men.

In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.

Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.

Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.

There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.

There's never a new fashion but it's old.

If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn't marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.

In the stars is written the death of every man.

His spirit chaunged house and wente ther, As I cam nevere, I kan nat tellen wher.

Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

What is Love? Alright. You know how when you're listening to music from another room, and you're singing along, because it's a tune you really love, when the door closes, or a train passes, and you can't hear the music anymore, but you sing along anyway?

She loved right from the first sight