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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf gold rusts, what then can iron do?
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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In love there is but little rest.
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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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Many small make a great.
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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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