Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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He 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.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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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.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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