Men love newfangleness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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In love there is but little rest.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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