Quotes of Geoffrey Chaucer

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Alas, alas, that ever love was sin!I ever followed natural inclinationUnder the power of my constellationAnd was unable to deny, in truth,My chamber of Venus to a likely youth.

- Geoffrey Chaucer

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- Leo Tolstoy

“ Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ”

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“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

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“ Repetition is the mother of skill. (might be someone else who wrote it). ”

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“ There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. ”

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“ Morning is when the wick is lit. A flame ignited, the day delighted with heat and light, we start the fight for something more than before. ”

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