In the stars is written the death of every man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn the stars is written the death of every man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBut Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBut manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn 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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAbstinence is approved of God.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERA love grown old is not the love once new.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime and tide wait for no man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMake a virtue of necessity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBy God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPatience is a conquering virtue.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER