What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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