All Quotes

"Perle, pleasaunte to prynces paye To clanly clos in golde so clere, Oute of oryent, I hardyly saye, Ne proued I neuer her precios pere."

"Say me, viit in the brom, Teche me wou I sule don That min hosebonde Me lovien wolde.""Hold thine tunke stille And haw al thine wille."

"Sumer is icumen in, Lhude sing cuccu! Groweth sed, and bloweth med, And springth the wude nu— Sing cuccu!"

"Were beth they biforen us weren, Houndës ladden and hauekës beren, And hadden feld and wodë? The richë levedies in hoerë bour, That wereden gold in hoerë tressour, With hoerë brighttë rodë;Eten and drounken, and maden hem glad; Hoere lif was al with gamen i-lad, Men kneleden hem biforen; They beren hem wel swithë heyë; And in a twincling of an eyë Hoere soulës weren forloren."

"Westron wynde when wyll thow blow The smalle rayne downe can rayne Cryst yf my love were in my armys And I yn my bed agayne."

"A crafty knave needs no broker."

"A heavy purse makes a light heart."

"A right woman — either love like an angel, Or hate like a devil — in extremes to dwell."

"And let all women strive to be As constant as Penelope."

"Any food, any feeding, Feeding, drink, or clothing; Come dame or maid, be not afraid, Poor Tom will injure nothing."

"April is in my mistress' face, And July in her eyes hath place; Within her bosom is September, But in her heart a cold December."

"Break her betimes, and bring her under by force, Or else the grey mare will be the better horse."

"But he that takes not such time, while he may, Shall leap at a whiting, when time is away."

"For he that leaps, before he look, good son, May leap in the mire, and miss what he hath done."

"From the hag and hungry goblin That into rags would rend ye, The spirit that stands by the naked man In the Book of Moons defend ye."

"God be in my head, And in my understanding,God be in my eyes, And in my looking,God be in my mouth, And in my speaking,God be in my heart, And in my thinking,God be at my end, And at my departing."

"Greensleeves was all my joy, Greensleeves was my delight: Greensleeves was my heart of gold, And who but my lady Greensleeves."

"Ground me no grounds."

"He is but a fool that, when all fails, cannot live upon his wit."

"He's best at ease that meddleth least."

"I had need of a long spoon, now I go to eat with the devil."

"I know more than Apollo, For oft, when he lies sleeping I see the stars at bloody wars In the wounded welkin weeping."

"(I would topple with ye And) pluck a good crow."

"It's pride that puts this country down: Man, take thy old cloak about thee!"

"Kill then, and bliss me, But first come, kiss me."

"King Stephen was a worthy peer; His breeches cost him but a crown."

"Love me little, love me long, Is the burden of my song."

"Love, that covers multitude of sins, Makes love in parents wink at children’s faults."

"More haste than good speed makes many fare the worse."

"No burial these pretty babes Of any man receives Till Robin Redbreast painfully Did cover them with leaves."

"The blinded boy that shootes so trim From heaven downe did hie."

"The devil cannot tie a woman's tongue."

"The gypsies, Snap and Pedro, Are none of Tom's comradoes, The punk I scorn and the cutpurse sworn, And the roaring boy's bravadoes. The meek, the white, the gentle Me handle, touch, and spare not; But those that cross Tom Rynosseros Do what the panther dare not."

"The moon's my constant mistress, And the lowly owl my marrow; The flaming drake and the night crow make Me music to my sorrow."

"The sound is honey, but the sense is gall."

"Who blurs fair paper with foul bastard rhymes, Shall live full many an age in latter times: Who makes a ballad for an alehouse door, Shall live in future times for evermore."

"Why, what is Love but Fortune’s tennis-ball?"

"With a host of furious fancies Whereof I am commander, With a burning spear and a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander. By a knight of ghosts and shadows I summoned am to tourney Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end: Methinks it is no journey."

"A lie is an abomination unto the Lord, but a very present help in time of trouble."

"Faster horses, older whiskey, younger women, and more money."

"From Ghoulies and Ghoosties, long-leggety Beasties, and Things that go Bump in the Night, Good Lord, deliver us!"

"If you can't do the time, don't do the crime."

"In the year 1690, the same in which Ichabod Paddock was sent for from Cape Cod, ... some persons were on a high hill, afterwards called Folly House Hill, observing the whales spouting and sporting with each other, when one observed "there," pointing to the sea, "is a green pasture where our children's grand-children will go for bread.""

"Love starts when you sink in his arms and ends with your arms in his sink."

"May you live in interesting times."

"O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round? The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground; St. Patrick’s Day no more we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen, For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green."

"Old soldiers never die — They simply fade away."

"Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned."

"Praise undeserv'd is satire in disguise."

"Question everything; accept nothing without proof."