MONK AND NUN

Related Subjects: Celibacy, Hermit, Religion

1. There was also a Nonne, a Prioresse,
   That of her smiling was full simple and coy.—CHAUCER, Canterbury Tales
   

2. If you become a nun, dear,
   A friar I will be;
   In any cell you run, dear,
   Pray look behind for me.
   The roses all turn pale, too;
   The doves all take the veil, too;
   The blind will see the show;
   What! you become a nun, my dear,
   I'll not believe it, no!—LEIGH HUNT, The Nun
   

3. I envy them, those monks of old,
   Their books they read, and their beads they told.—GEORGE JAMES, The Monks of Old
   

4. Thou must be contented for Christ's sake to be esteemed as a fool in this world, if thou desire to lead the life of a monk.—THOMAS A KEMPIS, Of the Imitation of Christ

5. Dress and tonsure profit little; but change of heart and perfect mortification of the passions make a true monk.—THOMAS A KEMPIS, Of the Imitation of Christ
   

6. It was a friar of orders gray
   Walked forth to tell his beads.—THOMAS PERCY, The Friar of Orders Gray
   

7. I think that friars and their hoods,
   Their doctrines and their maggots,
   Have lighted up too many feuds,
   And far too many faggots.—W. M. PRAED, Chant of Brazen Head
   

8. As fit as a fritter for a friar's mouth.—Proverb
   

9. The habit does not make the monk.—RABELAIS