And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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