Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMen love newfangleness.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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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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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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