In love there is but little rest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany a true word is spoken in jest.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Many small make a great.
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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.
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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Men love newfangleness.
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