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Geoffrey Chaucer Quote - Make a virtue of necessity.

Make a virtue of necessity.

Geoffrey Chaucer

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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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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.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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