One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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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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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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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.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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