And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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In love there is but little rest.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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All good things must come to an end.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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