Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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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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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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