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.
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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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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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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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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All good things must come to an end.
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