What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you 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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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Yet 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.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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In love there is but little rest.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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