Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Busy, Nowhere, Than, Seemed
Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Desire, Bed, Six, Lively
Love is blind.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Love, Blind, Love Is
Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Will, Old, Sure, Filth
First he wrought, and afterward he taught.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
First, Taught, He, Wrought
The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Intelligence, People, Wisest, Scholars
He was as fresh as is the month of May.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Month, May, He, Fresh
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Life, Short, Learn, Crafts
There's never a new fashion but it's old.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
New, Never, Old, Fashion
And she was fair as is the rose in May.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
She, Fair, May, Rose
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Desire, Us, Thing, Forbid
There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
May, Whatsoever, Workman, Both
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Soul, Clean, Will, Lean
People can die of mere imagination.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Imagination, People, Die, Mere
The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Think, Guilty, Themselves, Talk
We know little of the things for which we pray.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Know, Things, Which, Pray
Time and tide wait for no man.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Time, Man, Wait, Tide
Murder will out, this my conclusion.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Will, Out, Conclusion
By nature, men love newfangledness.
- Geoffrey Chaucer
Love, Nature, Men
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