Geoffrey Chaucer on cat
Geoffrey Chaucer73 quotes“The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.”
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer And she was fair as is the rose in May.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer But Christ’s lore and his apostles twelve, He taught and first he followed it himself.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Habit maketh no monk, ne wearing of gilt spurs maketh no knight.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer For time lost may not recovered be.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Yet do not miss the moral, my good men. For Saint Paul says that all that’s written well Is written down some useful truth to tell. Then take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer 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.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer Many small make a great.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer People can die of mere imagination.
Geoffrey ChaucerGeoffrey Chaucer
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Wislawa SzymborskaWislawa Szymborska A cat’s idea of a ‘good time’ is to kill something.
Andy RooneyAndy Rooney I’m actually more of a cat guy than a dog person because I travel so much. I love cats.
Tim AllenTim Allen It may have killed the cat but curiosity is what keeps me alive.
Kate WestKate West You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, ‘What’s in it for me?’
Lewis GrizzardLewis Grizzard Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
George TakeiGeorge Takei Cat’s are unpredictable. It is a fine line between the cure, inquisitive and innocent creature resting on our lap and the hissing, spitting and deranged banshee it might become at any moment. This is why we’re trying always to win their love.
George TakeiGeorge Takei One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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