In the stars is written the death of every man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Love 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.
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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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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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For time lost may not recovered be.
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