Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath 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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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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 were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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