What did Geoffrey Chaucer mean by: Full wise is he that can himselven knowe. - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England Copy
+ Who then may trust the dice, at Fortune’s throw? Feraz Zeid, June 19, 2023December 12, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Dice, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Make a virtue of necessity. Feraz Zeid, August 11, 2023December 12, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Fame, Humility, Virtue, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Many a true word is spoken in jest Feraz Zeid, October 13, 2023December 26, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, True Words, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Fancy, Imagination, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ If gold ruste, what shall iren do? Feraz Zeid, July 21, 2023December 12, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Gold, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal. Feraz Zeid, October 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Possession, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Oon ere it herde, at tother out it went. Feraz Zeid, September 16, 2023December 26, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, God, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece