And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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