There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThere’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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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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Make a virtue of necessity.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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