But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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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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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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