Ale Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer Download Open image “And brought of mighty ale a large quart.” — Geoffrey Chaucer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ale
Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think. — A. E. Housman Copy Share Image
A quart of doubt to an ounce of truth is the safest brew. — Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie Copy Share Image
Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is… — George Henry Borrow Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
“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… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
“In general, my liege lady,’ he began, ‘Women desire to have dominion Over their husbands, and their lovers too; They want to have mastery… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Venus me yaf my lust, my like rousnesse, And Mars yaf me my sturdy hardinesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
“For sondry scoles maken sotile clerkis; Womman of manye scoles half a clerk is.” — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
I'm 12 years sober, so I don't have beer! When I used to drink I really liked Bass Ale! — Kristin Davis Copy Share Image
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted so good as the… — Kathleen Winsor Copy Share Image
It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
"What is your best, your very best, ale a glass?" "Two pence halfpenny," says the landlord, "is the price of the Genuine Stunning Ale."… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
I put out a good 10 different types of drinks for them and they just said, "Oh, okay, so it's just one choice." One… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
I have drunk ale from the Country of the Young / And weep because I know all things now. — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale. — George Farquhar Copy Share Image
But if at church they would give some ale. And a pleasant fire our souls to regale. We'd sing and we'd pray all the… — William Blake Copy Share Image
