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Inspirational Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer
- And she was fair as is the rose in May.
- Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
- There's no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
- People can die of mere imagination.
- There's never a new fashion but it's old.
- Murder will out, this my conclusion.
- Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.
- He loved chivalrye Trouthe and honour, freedom and curteisye.
- 'My lige lady, generally,' quod he, 'Wommen desyren to have sovereyntee As well over hir housbond as hir love.'
- Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily.
- For tyme y-lost may not recovered be.
- I gave my whole heart up, for him to hold.
- It is nought good a sleping hound to wake.
- All good things must come to an end.
- But manly set the world on sixe and sevene; And, if thou deye a martir, go to hevene.
- Fo lo, the gentil kind of the lioun! For when a flye offendeth him or byteth, He with his tayl awey the flye smyteth Al…
- And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach
- If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
- Mercy surpasses justice.
- Men love newfangleness.
- Fie on possession, But if a man be vertuous withal.
- Hard is the heart that loveth nought In May.
- Full wise is he that can himselven knowe.
- First he wrought, and afterwards he taught.
- Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
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- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento