What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThat field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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Many small make a great.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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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 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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For time lost may not recovered be.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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