And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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People can die of mere imagination.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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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 hands men may no hauks lure.
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All good things must come to an end.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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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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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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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.
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