Many a true word is spoken in jest.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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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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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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Many small make a great.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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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