For time lost may not recovered be.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERWomen 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Men love newfangleness.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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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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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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In love there is but little rest.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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