Full wise is he that can himself know.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERI am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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All good things must come to an end.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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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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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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