"A monk ther was, a fair for the……" — Geoffrey Chaucer
"A monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie, An outridere, that lovede venerie, A manly man, to been an abbot able."
—
Geoffrey Chaucer
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
91 Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer has 91 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in…
-
The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
-
And she was fair as is the rose in May.
-
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
-
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
-
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
-
There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
-
People can die of mere imagination.
-
Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk...
-
There's never a new fashion but it's old.
-
For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be…
-
In the stars is written the death of every man.
See all 91 quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer »
More Abbot Quotes
This quote is filed under Abbot Quotes,
one of 16 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
I had excellent opportunity to intoxicate myself with the solemn splendor of the brilliant church festivals. As was only natural,…
— Adolf Hitler
-
We need to make our own the ancient pastoral wisdom which... encouraged Pastors to listen more widely to the entire…
— Pope John Paul II
-
To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of…
— Pope Francis
-
Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the…
— C J Cherryh
-
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a…
— Richard Harris Barham
-
Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what…
— Sue Monk Kidd
-
I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean...
— Brian Jacques
-
A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot…
— Brian Jacques
-
The abbot told me once that lying was a betrayal to one's self. It's evidence of self-loathing. You see, when…
— Michael J. Sullivan
-
Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly…
— Brian Jacques
-
Maybe I’ll keep you.” Abbot chuckled and prodded Artemis’s back with his sword. “It’d be nice to have a pet…
— Eoin Colfer
-
When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family.…
— Nhat Hanh
See all 16 Abbot Quotes »