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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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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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