Time and tide wait for no man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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