And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBy 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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In love there is but little rest.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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.
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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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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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Many small make a great.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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All good things must come to an end.
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