Mercy surpasses justice.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEREvery honest miller has a golden thumb.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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