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 CHAUCEROne cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Many small make a great.
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