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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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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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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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