For time lost may not recovered be.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor time lost may not recovered be.
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 CHAUCERAnd so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWhat’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFilth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd she was fair as is the rose in May.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor 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 CHAUCERThe fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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 CHAUCERA yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMercy surpasses justice.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hands men may no hauks lure.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThat field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER