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Geoffrey Chaucer quotes

English Poet October 25, 1400

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Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Time and tide wait for no man."
Time and tide wait for no man. Geoffrey Chaucer
For hym was levere have at his beddes heed. Twenty bookes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrie. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "It is ful fair a man to bere him evene,/For alday meeteth men..."
It is ful fair a man to bere him evene,/For alday meeteth men at unset stevene. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Patience is a conquering virtue."
Patience is a conquering virtue. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well..."
There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful..."
Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier..."
Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "There's never a new fashion but it's old."
There's never a new fashion but it's old. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "People can die of mere imagination."
People can die of mere imagination. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they..."
How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "And once he had got really drunk on wine, Then he would speak..."
And once he had got really drunk on wine, Then he would speak no language but Latin. Geoffrey Chaucer
Purity in body and heart May please some--as for me, I make no boast. For, as you know, no master of a household Has all of his utensils made of gold; Some are wood, and yet they are of use. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "Gladly would he learn, and gladly teach."
Gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "The guilty think all talk is of themselves."
The guilty think all talk is of themselves. Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer quote: "No empty handed man can lure a bird"
No empty handed man can lure a bird Geoffrey Chaucer

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