For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERCertain, 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.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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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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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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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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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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There’s never a new fashion but it’s old.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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