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More Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.
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.
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
Strike while the iron is hot.
What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Patience is a conquering virtue.
I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.