With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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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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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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