What did Geoffrey Chaucer mean by: Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man’s wit and his discretion. - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England Copy
+ Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Body, Literature, Soul, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ For thogh we slepe, or wake, or rome, or ryde, Ay fleeth the tyme; it nyl no man abyde. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Rome, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Good Woman, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Brother, Dear, Politics, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Mordre wol out, that se we day by day. Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, God, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Literature, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ In the stars is written the death of every man. Feraz Zeid, August 24, 2023December 24, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Death, Stars, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold. Feraz Zeid, September 4, 2023December 24, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Heart, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Where judgment has wit to express it, there’s the best orator. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England
Sometimes we meet a fool with wit, never one with discretion. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The greatest fault of a penetrating wit is to go beyond the mark. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The character of false wit is that of appearing to depend only upon reason. Explain - Luc de Clapiers Philosopher · France
I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom