Men love newfangleness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMen love newfangleness.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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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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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Many small make a great.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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