Make a virtue of necessity.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERIn the stars is written the death of every man.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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.
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