But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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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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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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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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