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.
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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Many small make a great.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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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