The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFull wise is he that can himself know.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Many small make a great.
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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.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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All good things must come to an end.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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People can die of mere imagination.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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