If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMercy surpasses justice.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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In love there is but little rest.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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