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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Many small make a great.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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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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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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