And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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