What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMercy surpasses justice.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Men love newfangleness.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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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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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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