In the stars is written the death of every man.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERThe cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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In love there is but little rest.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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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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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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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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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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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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