Geoffrey Chaucer quotes - page 5

all that glitters is not gold. (Geoffrey Chaucer)
I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every pimple, every character flaw. I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity. View quote
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No empty handed man can lure a bird. View quote
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained. View quote
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Eek for to winne love in sondry ages, In sondry londes, sondry ben usages. View quote
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Thanne is it wysdom, as it thynketh me, To maken vertu of necessity. View quote
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Ye knowe eek, that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho That hadden prys, now wonder nyce and straunge Us thinketh hem. View quote
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And of your herte up-casteth the visage To thilke God that after his image Yow made, and thynketh al nis but a faire This world, that passeth sone as floures faire. View quote
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Men may the wise atrenne, and naught atrede. View quote
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The life so short, the crafts so long to learn. View quote
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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer - Image
Occupation: English Poet
Born: 1343
Died: October 16, 1400
Quotes count: 110
Wikipedia: Geoffrey Chaucer

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