TOP 20 Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes

TOP 20 Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes.

“Patience is a conquering virtue.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:00)

“All good things must come to an end.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:07)

“Time and tide wait for no man.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:14)

“Death is the end of every worldly pain.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:21)

“Hyt is not al golde that glareth.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:28)

“Look up on high, and thank the God of all.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:35)

“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:42)

“For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:49)

“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (00:56)

“Strike while the iron is hot.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:03)

“He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:10)

“The latter end of joy is woe.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:17)

“In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:24)

“Great peace is found in little busy-ness.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:31)

“No empty handed man can lure a bird.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:38)

“There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:45)

“Many small make a great.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:52)

“Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (01:59)

“In the stars is written the death of every man.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (02:06)

“People can die of mere imagination.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer (02:13)

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