The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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 is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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