One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
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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What’s said is said and goes upon its way Like it or not, repent it as you may.
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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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Love will not be constrain’d by mastery. When mast’ry comes, the god of love anon Beateth his wings, and, farewell, he is gone. Love is a thing as any spirit free.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Men love newfangleness.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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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.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Many small make a great.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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Harde is his heart that loveth nought In May.
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Great peace is found in little busy-ness.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Woe to the cook whose sauce has no sting.
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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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