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Time and tide wait for no man.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Man Tide Time Wait

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Love is blind.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Blind Love Love Is

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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Greatest People Scholars Wisest

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Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Body Clean Fast Fat He His Lean Make Must Pray Soul Will

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By nature, men love newfangledness.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Love Men Nature

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First he wrought, and afterward he taught.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Afterwards First He Taught Wrought

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Women desire six things: They want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous, obedient to wife, and lively in bed.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Be Brave Bed Brave Desire Generous Husbands Lively Obedient Rich Six Things Want Wife Wise Women

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We know little of the things for which we pray.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Know Little Pray Things Which

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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Desire Forbid Something Thing Us

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Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

~Geoffrey Chaucer

Topics: Age Agree Chastity Filth Old Old Age Powerful Sure Will You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

Died: October 25th, 1400

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