We little know the things for which we pray.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime and tide wait for no man.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Many small make a great.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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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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Abstinence is approved of God.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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