What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHow potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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