Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor time lost may not recovered be.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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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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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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