And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Men love newfangleness.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Many small make a great.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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