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.
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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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