That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer 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 ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Many small make a great.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer People can die of mere imagination.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer In the stars is written the death of every man.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer We little know the things for which we pray.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer 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.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer In love there is but little rest.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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