There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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