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Geoffrey Chaucer Quote - The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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God Man Story Woman Writing
Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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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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End Fate Handsome Nature Oneself
Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Hard Heart Love
If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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Best Himself Love Man Marriage Person Possible Quite Woman
In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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Alcohol Fall Flower Pierce Power Season
If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Fools Growth Old Wisdom Young
The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Death Himself Imagination One Liner People
Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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