Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERYet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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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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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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