The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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Patience 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.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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