“By God, if women had written stories,As clerks had within here oratories,They would have written of men more wickednessThan all the mark of Adam may redress.”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“earn what you can since everything's for sale”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“you are the cause by which I die”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“Then the Miller fell off his horse.”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“Thus in this heaven he took his delight And smothered her with kisses upon kisses Till gradually he came to know where bliss is.”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“Chese now," quod she, "oon of thise thynges tweye:To han me foul and old til that I deye,And be to yow a trewe, humble wyf,And nevere yow displese in al my lyf,Or elles ye wol han me yong and fair,...”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“I know that my singing doesnt make the moon rise, nor does it make the stars shine. But without my song, the night would seem empty and incomplete. There is more to daybreak than light, just as the...”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“doctors & druggists wash each other's hands”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“Love is blind.”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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“The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.”

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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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.”