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.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERI am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou die a martyr, go to heaven.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
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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 cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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Full wise is he that can himself know.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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