Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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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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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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