Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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