But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Men love newfangleness.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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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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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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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People can die of mere imagination.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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