My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHarde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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