The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Many small make a great.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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In love there is but little rest.
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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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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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