Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTake a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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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.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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