Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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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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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Men love newfangleness.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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