In love there is but little rest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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