What did Geoffrey Chaucer mean by: Full wise is he that can himselven knowe. - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England Copy
+ That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis. Feraz Zeid, October 28, 2023December 26, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, God, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Time and tide wait for no man. Feraz Zeid, July 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Birthday, Time, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Book, March, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Murder will out, this my conclusion. Feraz Zeid, July 12, 2023December 12, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Conclusion, Murder, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ 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
+ The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Damnation, Devil, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting. Feraz Zeid, October 21, 2023December 26, 2023, Geoffrey Chaucer, Cooking, Food, Woe, 0 - Geoffrey Chaucer Poet · England
+ Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, Geoffrey Chaucer, Knights, Monk, Spurs, 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