Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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If 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.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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All good things must come to an end.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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