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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWhat’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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