Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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All good things must come to an end.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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By 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.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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