Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPatience is a conquering virtue.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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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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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Men love newfangleness.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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