The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Many small make a great.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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