That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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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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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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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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In love there is but little rest.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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