Make a virtue of necessity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLove 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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Abstinence is approved of God.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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