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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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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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Many small make a great.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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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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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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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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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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All good things must come to an end.
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