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.
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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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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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In love there is but little rest.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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