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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd she was fair as is the rose in May.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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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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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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All good things must come to an end.
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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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People can die of mere imagination.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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