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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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