Many a true word is spoken in jest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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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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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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