One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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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 greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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Men love newfangleness.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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