Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHabit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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