Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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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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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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