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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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All good things must come to an end.
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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 a true word is spoken in jest.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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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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Many small make a great.
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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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