The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERForbid us something, and that thing we desire.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Men love newfangleness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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All good things must come to an end.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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