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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERPatience 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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In love there is but little rest.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Men love newfangleness.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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All good things must come to an end.
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