And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe guilty think all talk is of themselves.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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Many small make a great.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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