Geoffrey Chaucer on alcohol
Geoffrey Chaucer73 quotes“In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.”
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Abstinence is approved of God.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Men love newfangleness.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer 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.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Patience is a conquering virtue.
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