And she was fair as is the rose in May.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBut Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Yet 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.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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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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Many small make a great.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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