There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERYet 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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