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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany small make a great.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Many small make a great.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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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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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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