And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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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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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Men love newfangleness.
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