And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFilth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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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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