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Geoffrey Chaucer quotes

English Poet October 25, 1400

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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. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "By nature, men love newfangledness."
By nature, men love newfangledness. Geoffrey Chaucer
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. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "And if love is, what thing and which is he? If love be good,..."
And if love is, what thing and which is he? If love be good, from whennes cometh my woo? Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Love is blind."
Love is blind. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Life is short. Art long. Opportunity is fleeting. Expierience..."
Life is short. Art long. Opportunity is fleeting. Expierience treacherous. Judgement difficult. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "The life so short, the crafts so long to learn."
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I'd guess, Has but one..."
One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I'd guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness. Geoffrey Chaucer
Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave,..."
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed. Geoffrey Chaucer
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
. . . if gold rust, what then will iron do?/ For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust. . . . Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a..."
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing. Geoffrey Chaucer
For if a priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a common man should rust" -The Prologue of Chaucers Canterbury Tales- Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne."
The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne. Geoffrey Chaucer

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