Geoffrey Chaucer - Wel Quotes

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Reule wel thyself, that other folk canst rede. And trouthe thee shal delivere, it is no drede.

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Of alle the floures in the mede, Than love I most these floures whyte and rede, Swiche as men callen daysies in our toun..... Til that myn herte dye..... That wel by reson men hit calle may The 'dayesye' or elles the 'ye of day,' The emperice and flour of floures alle. I pray to god that faire mot she falle, And alle that loven floures, for hir sake!

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The firste vertue, sone, if thou wilt lere,
Is to restreine and kepen wel thy tonge.

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That wel by reson men it calle may
The 'dayesye,' or elles the 'ye of day,'
The emperice and flour of floures alle.

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Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be,
That may bothe werke wel and hastily.

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My sone, keep wel thy tonge, and keep thy freend.

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Ther nys no werkman, whatsoevere he be,
That may bothe werke wel and hastily;
This wol be doon at leyser parfitly.

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Ther n' is no werkman whatever he be,
That may both werken wel and hastily. 4
This wol be done at leisure parfitly.

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And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn, Than wolde he speke no word but Latyn.

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Wommen desiren to have sovereynetee
As wel over hir housbond as hir love.

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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; and yet they spake hem so,
And spedde as wel in love as men now do;
Eek for to winne love in sondry ages,
In sondry londes, sondry ben usages.

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Wel loved he garleek, oynons, and eek lekes,
And for to drynken strong wyn, reed as blood.

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Lat take a cat, and fostre him wel with milk, And tendre flesh, and make his couche of silk, And let him seen a mous go by the wal; Anon he weyveth milk, and flesh, and al, And every deyntee that is in that hous, Swich appetyt hath he to ete a mous.

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