I hold a mouses wit not worth a leke, That hath but on hole for to sterten to. Geoffrey Chaucer More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer More Quotes From 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 gone-lovefarewelllove-is Trouthe is the hyest thyng that man may kepe. Geoffrey Chaucer maymen Abstinence is approved of God. Geoffrey Chaucer approvedabstinence By 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 Chaucer clerksstoriesmen Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote Geoffrey Chaucer marchhembook A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold. Geoffrey Chaucer mind-lovekindstories And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. Geoffrey Chaucer middle-englishcanterbury-talescanterbury Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May. Geoffrey Chaucer hardheartmay Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be. Geoffrey Chaucer lostmaymen Go, little booke! go, my little tragedie! Geoffrey Chaucer littles Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk. Geoffrey Chaucer milkcatmeat This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo, And we been pilgrymes, passynge to and fro. Geoffrey Chaucer this-worldworld One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance. Geoffrey Chaucer temperamenttemperanceuse He loved chivalrye Trouthe and honour, freedom and curteisye. Geoffrey Chaucer honourfreedomlove A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that course and learn out of my school; For thus the wise may profit by the fool, And edge his wit, and grow more keen and wary, For wisdom shines opposed to its contrary. Geoffrey Chaucer wisdomwiseschool One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I'd guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness. Geoffrey Chaucer grieffleshheart The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet. Geoffrey Chaucer catwisdomwise For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn. Geoffrey Chaucer menbookyears Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space Geoffrey Chaucer spacefacespatience Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity. Geoffrey Chaucer powerfulliteratureage
