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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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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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People can die of mere imagination.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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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 time lost may not recovered be.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Many small make a great.
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