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 CHAUCERMen love newfangleness.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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