Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany a true word is spoken in jest.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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All good things must come to an end.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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