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 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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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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