What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWith empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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