Make a virtue of necessity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERDeath is the end of every worldly pain.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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All good things must come to an end.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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