Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEREvery honest miller has a golden thumb.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Many small make a great.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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