If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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In love there is but little rest.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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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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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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All good things must come to an end.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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