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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAbstinence is approved of God.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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