By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERBut manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Men love newfangleness.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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All good things must come to an end.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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