What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERLook up on high, and thank the God of all.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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All good things must come to an end.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.
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We little know the things for which we pray.
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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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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