He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWhat is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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In love there is but little rest.
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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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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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Men love newfangleness.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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