The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Men love newfangleness.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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All good things must come to an end.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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 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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