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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHarde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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