Full wise is he that can himself know.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIf were not foolish young, were foolish old.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Many small make a great.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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