If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHabit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
-
-
But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
People can die of mere imagination.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
Mercy surpasses justice.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
Men love newfangleness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
Patience is a conquering virtue.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
Time and tide wait for no man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER -
There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER