Abstinence is approved of God.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWoe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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