A Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer

He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds. — © Geoffrey Chaucer
He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.

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The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners.
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is knowne.
Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.
He [Ernest Hemingway] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.
The voice of the Spirit is as gentle as a zephyr, so gentle that unless you are living in perfect communion with God, you never hear it.
Who doth right deeds Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.
If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.
I like someone who has a super gentle spirit and energy. I’m really gentle, and so I like a boy who will treat me that way.
Be wise. Treat yourself, your mind, sympathetically, with loving kindness. If you are gentle with yourself, you will become gentle with others.
Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.
O sleep, O gentle sleep, I thought gratefully, Nature's gentle nurse.
Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into my soul.
It's okay to not be working all the time and to be gentle on yourself when you're not. When it feels like you're losing that inspiration - or you're in a rut, not making stuff, and your head gets all weird - be gentle on yourself. Just ease into things naturally. But you still have to ease into it: you still have to sit in the chair.
It is believed by everyone that when he was in heaven he was stern, hard, resentful, jealous and cruel, but that when he came down to earth, he became the opposite... sweet, gentle merciful, forgiving. He was a thousand billion times crueler than ever he was in the Old Testament... Meek and gentle? By and by we will examine that popular sarcasm by the light of the hell which he invented.
A man is born gentle and weak. At death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At death, they are withered and dry. Therefore, the stiff and unbending is the disciple of death, and the gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.
Be gentle with me, new love. Treat me tenderly. I need the gentle touch, the soft voice, the candlelight after nine. There's been so many who didn't understand so give me all the love I see in your timid eyes but give it gently Please.
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