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.
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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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Abstinence is approved of God.
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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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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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In love there is but little rest.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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