We little know the things for which we pray.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERHe is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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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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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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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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One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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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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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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With empty hands men may no hauks lure.
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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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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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