How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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