If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWoe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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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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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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