For time lost may not recovered be.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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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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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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