Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer Download Open image “Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.” — Geoffrey Chaucer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Leven is niets anders dan proberen. Elk schilderij, elk gedicht, elk gesprek is een poging.” — Jaap Zijlstra Copy Share Image
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, but presently prevent the ways to wail. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Als we samen zijn, zijn we het mooiste weer van de wereld.' Hij haalde diep adem. 'Dan zijn we tijdloos.” — Toon Tellegen Copy Share Image
Louers be war and tak gude heid about Quhome that ye lufe, for quhome ye suffer paine. I lat yow wit, thair is richt… — Robert Henryson Copy Share Image
When folks git ole en strucken wid de palsy, dey mus' speck ter be laff'd at. — Joel Chandler Harris Copy Share Image
I wol yow telle, as was me taught also, The foure spirites and the bodies sevene, By ordre, as ofte I herde my lord… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
For thogh we slepe, or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme; it nyl no man abyde. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such… — John Milton 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
