That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWe little know the things for which we pray.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want 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 general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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