--- title: "4 Crafts Quotes By Geoffrey Chaucer" description: "4 Crafts quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer. Plus more from Geoffrey Chaucer and more Crafts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/geoffrey-chaucer-1677_als_the-lyf-so-short-the-craft-so-longe-to-l_386810.jpg" --- > [The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne. Th' assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge, The dredful joye, alwey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/the-lyf-so-short-the-craft-so-longe-to-lerne-th-assay-so-hard-so/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc6/geoffrey-chaucer-1677_als_the-lyf-so-short-the-craft-so-longe-to-l_386810.jpg) > [The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/the-lyf-so-short-the-craft-so-long-to-lerne/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/geoffrey-chaucer-1677_crafts_the-lyf-so-short-the-craft-so-long-to-le_1083482.jpg) > [The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/the-life-so-short-the-crafts-so-long-to-learn/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/feb/geoffrey-chaucer-1677_crafts_the-life-so-short-the-crafts-so-long-to_1276485.jpg) > [The Iyf so short, the craft so long to lerne, Thassay so hard, so sharp the conquenng. . . . . For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/the-iyf-so-short-the-craft-so-long-to-lerne-thassay-so-hard-so-sharp/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/geoffrey-chaucer-1677_als_the-iyf-so-short-the-craft-so-long-to-le_1290317.jpg) ## Other authors on Crafts - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lheureux-51806.jpg) John L'Heureux 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/john-l-heureux/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-sharma-80451.jpg) Robin Sharma 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/robin-sharma/) - [Mark Twain 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-zinsser-96048.jpg) William Zinsser 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/william-zinsser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-twyla-tharp-92503.jpg) Twyla Tharp 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/twyla-tharp/) - [Leonard Michaels 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/leonard-michaels/) - [Flannery O'Connor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/flannery-o-connor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-e-m-forster-31094.jpg) E. M. Forster 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/e-m-forster/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hare-27538.jpg) David Hare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/david-hare/) - [Aristotle 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amy-sedaris-12498.jpg) Amy Sedaris 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/amy-sedaris/) ## More by Geoffrey Chaucer > [Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/drunkenness-is-the-very-sepulcher-of-man-s-wit-and-his-discretion/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/whoso-will-pray-he-must-fast-and-be-clean-and-fat-his-soul-and-make/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [“The man who has no wife is no cuckold.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/the-man-who-has-no-wife-is-no-cuckold/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [One eare it heard, at the other out it went.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/one-eare-it-heard-at-the-other-out-it-went/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/the-handsome-gifts-that-fate-and-nature-lend-us-most-often-are-the/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/patience-is-a-conquering-virtue-the-learned-say-that-if-it-not-desert/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [“This Nicholas anon leet fle a fart As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almoost yblent; And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/this-nicholas-anon-leet-fle-a-fart-as-greet-as-it-had-been-a-thonder/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/a-whetstone-is-no-carving-instrument-and-yet-it-maketh-sharp-the/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [“In general, my liege lady,’ he began, ‘Women desire to have dominion Over their husbands, and their lovers too; They want to have mastery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/in-general-my-liege-lady-he-began-women-desire-to-have-dominion-over/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [“Till we be roten, kan we not be rypen?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/till-we-be-roten-kan-we-not-be-rypen/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [Venus me yaf my lust, my like rousnesse, And Mars yaf me my sturdy hardinesse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/venus-me-yaf-my-lust-my-like-rousnesse-and-mars-yaf-me-my-sturdy/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [“For sondry scoles maken sotile clerkis; Womman of manye scoles half a clerk is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/for-sondry-scoles-maken-sotile-clerkis-womman-of-manye-scoles-half-a/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [For God's love, take things patiently, have sense, Think! We are prisoners and shall always be. Fortune has given us this adversity, Some wicked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/for-god-s-love-take-things-patiently-have-sense-think-we-are/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/whan-that-aprill-with-his-shoures-soote-the-droghte-of-march-hath/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) > [Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-chaucer/forbid-us-something-and-that-thing-we-desire/) [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-chaucer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/geoffrey-chaucer/#itemlist", "name": "4 Crafts Quotes By Geoffrey Chaucer", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne. 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