That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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 hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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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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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.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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