Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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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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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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And so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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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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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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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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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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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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