But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMany small make a great.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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All good things must come to an end.
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In love there is but little rest.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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