Abstinence is approved of God.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Men love newfangleness.
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In love there is but little rest.
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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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Many small make a great.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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