The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERFilth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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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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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Many small make a great.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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