One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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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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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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 the stars is written the death of every man.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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In love there is but little rest.
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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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