I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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In love there is but little rest.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Men love newfangleness.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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