If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime and tide wait for no man.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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Abstinence is approved of God.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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