Full wise is he that can himself know.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBy 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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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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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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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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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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In love there is but little rest.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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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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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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