Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.

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• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  Time and tide wait for no man.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  Murder will out, this my conclusion.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  He was as fresh as is the month of May.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  By nature, men love newfangledness.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  And she was fair as is the rose in May.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

• Geoffrey Chaucer:

  Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.