The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf were not foolish young, were foolish old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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 devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Men love newfangleness.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Many small make a great.
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