The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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If gold rust, what then will iron do? For if a priest be foul in whom we trust/ No wonder that a common man should rust.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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Many small make a great.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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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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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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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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