Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor time lost may not recovered be.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Men love newfangleness.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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