What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPatience is a conquering virtue.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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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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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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All good things must come to an end.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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