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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFull wise is he that can himself know.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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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All good things must come to an end.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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