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 CHAUCERThere’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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