But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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 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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Many small make a great.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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