The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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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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