In the stars is written the death of every man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBut Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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My house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
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Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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