In love there is but little rest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hands men may no hauks lure.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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