I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFull wise is he that can himself know.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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Many small make a great.
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Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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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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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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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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All good things must come to an end.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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