Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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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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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 life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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