He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHabit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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 manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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In love there is but little rest.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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