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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTruth is the highest thing that man may keep.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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All good things must come to an end.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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