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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf were not foolish young, were foolish old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Many small make a great.
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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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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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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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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Time and tide wait for no man.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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