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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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.
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All good things must come to an end.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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