If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLove will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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In love there is but little rest.
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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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