Quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer

Con qué rapidez invade la piedad los corazones nobles!

Quién ha vivido un solo día en completa felicidad, sin verse sacudido por la conciencia, la ira, el deseo, la envidia, el orgullo, la pasión, el daño o por alguna especie de temor?

Here is ended the Prioress's Tale.

Lo, what a powerful thing is emotion! Men may die of imagination, so profoundly can a notion afflict the mind.

He was broad and squat, with a thick neck; he could knock any door off its hinges, and would no doubt have excelled at that game the London apprentices play, known as 'breaking doors with our heads'.

nada que es completo en sí mismo es más fuerte cuando se divide.

For Solomon says that, 'He who is not patient shall meet with great harm.

that first he wrought and afterward he taught. From the Gospel he took these words, and this metaphor he added likewise thereunto, that if gold rust, what shall iron do? For if a Priest, upon whom we trust, be foul, no wonder a layman may yield to lust.

la nobleza no depende de las posesiones, ya que la gente no siempre se ajusta al modelo

With all humility and abstinence, with all temperance and patience, with modest bearing and appearance was she. Discreet in answering was she always.

You go away,' she answered, 'you Tom-fool! There's no come-up-and-kiss-me here for you. I love another and why shouldn't I too?

Look well that you unto no vice assent, lest you be damned for your evil intent. For she who does so is a traitor, certainly. And take heed of what I shall say: of all the treasons, the greatest wickedness is the betrayal of innocence.

Quien decide con prontitud, pronto se arrepiente»

El más sabio de todos es el que no se preocupa ni pizca de que alguien sea más rico que él.»

la honradez y la buena vida siempre andan disociados, cuando se trata de gente pobre.

For the Wise Man says, "If you fight with a fool, whether the fool be angry or merry, you will never have rest.

Whether because of anger, sickness, the position of the stars, wine, woe, or a change in temperament, something does cause us full oft to say or do an untoward thing. A man may not wreak vengeance for every wrong. Temperance must be determined, according to the occasion, by every person of good judgment. And, therefore, did this wise, worthy Knight, in order to live in harmony, promise forbearance unto her, and she unto him truly swore that never would he find fault in her.

And, therefore, Saint Jerome says, 'Do some good deeds, so that the Devil, who is our enemy, will not find you unoccupied

For, inasmuch as the good works that men do while they live the virtuous life be slain by the Sin following, and also since all the good works that men do while they be in deadly Sin are utterly dead as for to have the life everlasting, well may the man who does no good works sing that new French song, "I have wasted all my time and my labor.

es indispensable que la palabra corresponda a la acción.

Alas the day that gave me birth! Worse then my prison is the endless earth, now I am doomed eternally to dwell, not in purgatory, but in hell.

and, 'he who despises all, displeases all,' as the Book says.

Here may men see how Sin will reap his reward. Beware, for no man knows whom God will smite, nor when, nor in which manner. The worm of conscience will burrow deep within and terrify the wicked soul, though his evil be so secret that no man knows thereof but God and he. For, be he ignorant or learned, he knows not when Death will overtake him. Therefore, I advise you this counsel to take: forsake Sin, or Sin will leave you forsaken.

La avaricia es la causa de todos los vicios.