The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Men love newfangleness.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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