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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf were not foolish young, were foolish old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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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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Many small make a great.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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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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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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