He 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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany a true word is spoken in jest.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Men love newfangleness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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