Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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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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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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