If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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Men love newfangleness.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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In love there is but little rest.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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Many small make a great.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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All good things must come to an end.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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