Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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Many small make a great.
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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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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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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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