One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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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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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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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 a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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Men love newfangleness.
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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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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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