Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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In love there is but little rest.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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