quotes from classic
/ page 802 of 1205 /There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
more quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer
And she was fair as is the rose in May.
more quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer
By nature, men love newfangledness.
more quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn.
more quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.
more quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
more quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Those who would make us feel, must feel themselves.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Patience is sorrow's salve.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
To copy beauty forfeits all pretense to fame; to copy faults is want of sense.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Genius is independent of situation.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Prudent dullness marked him for a mayor.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
The best things carried to excess are wrong.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Genius is of no country.
more quotes from Charles Churchill
Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it!
more quotes from John Ciardi
The reader deserves an honest opinion. If he doesn't deserve it, give it to him anyhow.
more quotes from John Ciardi