Men may the wise atrenne, and naught atrede.
He was an easy man to mete out Penance when a good gift he expected to receive. Forsooth, to donate generously unto a poor Order is a sign that a man is well shriven. For if a man gave, the Friar dare...
El hombre favorecido por la Fortuna se convierte en un imbécil integral.
¿Quién ha vivido un solo día en completa felicidad, sin verse sacudido por la conciencia, la ira, el deseo, la envidia, el orgullo, la pasión, el daño o por alguna especie de temor?
«Todo lo que se escribe, se escribe para nuestra enseñanza.»
Una vez que algo está escrito, debe necesariamente suceder)
La plenitud de la felicidad consistía en el deleite perfecto,
Allí donde encontremos la pena más profunda, allí empezaremos la curación.
Youre tale anoyeth al this compaignye.Swich talkyng is nat worth a boterflye,
Who shall give a lover any law?’ Love is a greater law, by my troth, than any law written by mortal man.
Well is it said that neither love nor power Admit a rival, even for an hour.
Well did he know the taverns in every town, and every hosteller and bar-maid, far better than he knew any leper or beggar.
Then the Miller fell off his horse.
No empty handed man can lure a bird
Los timadores, al final, acaban siendo ellos mismos timados.
He hath considered shortly, in a clauseThe trespas of hem bothe, and eek the cause,And althogh that his ire hir gilt accused,Yet in his resoun he hem bothe excused,As thus: he thoghte wel that every m...
By God, quod he, for pleynly, at a word,Thy drasty rymyng is nat worth a toord!
But for to telle yow al hir beautee,It lyth nat in my tonge, n'yn my konnyng;I dar nat undertake so heigh a thyng.Myn Englissh eek is insufficient.It moste been a rethor excellentThat koude his colour...
Aos amantes apresento esta questão: quem o mais desditoso, Arcita ou Palamon? Este avistava a amada todo dia, mas não podia abandonar o cárcere; aquele tinha toda a liberdade, mas nunca mais veria o s...
A CLERK there was of Oxenford* also, *Oxford That unto logic hadde long y-go*. *devoted himself As leane was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I...