Many a true word is spoken in jest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMercy surpasses justice.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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