Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERMy house is small, but you are learned men And by your arguments can make a place Twenty foot broad as infinite as space.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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All good things must come to an end.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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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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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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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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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Many small make a great.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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