He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hands men may no hauks lure.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Many small make a great.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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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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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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For time lost may not recovered be.
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