The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hands men may no hauks lure.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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All good things must come to an end.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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