Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer

“No empty handed man can lure a bird””

“The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.””

“Then you compared a woman's love to Hell, To barren land where water will not dwell, And you compared it to a quenchless fire, The more it burns the more is its desire To burn up everything that burnt can be. You say that just as worms destroy a tree A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives. ””

“Forbid Us Something and That Thing we Desire””

“Purity in body and heart May please some--as for me, I make no boast. For, as you know, no master of a household Has all of his utensils made of gold; Some are wood, and yet they are of use.””

“Life is short. Art long. Opportunity is fleeting. Expierience treacherous. Judgement difficult.””

“Time and Tide wait for no man””

“Amor vincit omnia””

“How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.””

“Love will not be constrain'd by mastery.When mast'ry comes, the god of love anonBeateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone.Love is a thing as any spirit free.””

“the guilty think all talk is of themselves.””

“Youth may outrun the old, but not outwit.””