But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWhat’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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In love there is but little rest.
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