The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFilth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMen love newfangleness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAll good things must come to an end.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMercy surpasses justice.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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 CHAUCEROne flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEREvery honest miller has a golden thumb.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHarde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERGreat peace is found in little busy-ness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hands men may no hauks lure.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWoe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERI am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER