He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHow potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Men love newfangleness.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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 gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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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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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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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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Mercy surpasses justice.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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