The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPatience 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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