With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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All good things must come to an end.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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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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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Many small make a great.
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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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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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