Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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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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