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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERGreat peace is found in little busy-ness.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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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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We little know the things for which we pray.
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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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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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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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In love there is but little rest.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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