If 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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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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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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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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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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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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.
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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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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