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Geoffrey Chaucer Quote - If were not foolish young, were foolish old.

If were not foolish young, were foolish old.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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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