What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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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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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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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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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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