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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hands men may no hauks lure.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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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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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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