Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes

“the greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people”
― Geoffrey Chaucer, The Complete Poetry and Prose

“Know thyself first immortal
and loke ay besyly thow werche and wysse
To commune profit, and thow shatl not mysse
To comen swiftly to that place deere
That ful of blysse is and of soules cleere”
― F. N. Robinson - Editor, The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

“Yow loveres axe I now this questioun, Who hath the worse, Arcite or Palamoun?   490 That oon may seen his lady day by day, But in prison he moot dwelle alway. That other wher him list may ryde or go, But seen his lady shal he never-mo. Now demeth as yow liste, ye that can,   495 For I wol telle forth as I bigan. Explicit prima Pars.    Sequitur pars secunda.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer, Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

“Hard is his herte that loveth nought   85
In May, whan al this mirth is wrought;”
― Geoffrey Chaucer, Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

“A bettre preest, I trowe that nowher noon is. He wayted after no pompe and reverence,   525 Ne maked him a spyced conscience, But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, He taughte, and first he folwed it him-selve.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer, Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer