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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERA yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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In love there is but little rest.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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Many small make a great.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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 fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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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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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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