If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERDeath is the end of every worldly pain.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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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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.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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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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