Mercy surpasses justice.
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 handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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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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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.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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