If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMercy surpasses justice.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPeople can die of mere imagination.
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 CHAUCERPatience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWoe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHow potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany a true word is spoken in jest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany small make a great.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWe little know the things for which we pray.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER