“Men may the wise atrenne, and naught atrede.”
Geoffrey Chaucer book Troilus and Criseyde
Source: Troilus and Criseyde
“He could see naught but vanity in beauty
And naught but weakness in a fond caress
And pitied men whose views of Christian duty
Allowed indulgence in such foolishness.”
Daniel Gray, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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Novelist, poet, editor 1819–1881Related quotes
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