Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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In love there is but little rest.
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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 love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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Many small make a great.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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