We little know the things for which we pray.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFor time lost may not recovered be.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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In love there is but little rest.
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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 she was fair as is the rose in May.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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.
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