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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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