Mercy surpasses justice.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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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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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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In love there is but little rest.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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