One cannot be avenged for every wrong; according to the occasion, everyone who knows how, must use temperance.
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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All good things must come to an end.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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He who accepts his poverty unhurt I’d say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.
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For out of old fields, as men saith, Cometh all this new corn from year to year; And out of old books, in good faith, Cometh all this new science that men learn.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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If love be good, from whence cometh my woe?
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One flesh they are; and one flesh, so I’d guess, Has but one heart, come grief or happiness.
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One cannot scold or complain at every word. Learn to endure patiently, or else, as I live and breathe, you shall learn it whether you want or not.
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One shouldn’t be too inquisitive in life Either about God’s secrets or one’s wife.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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Take a cat, nourish it well with milk and tender meat, make it a couch of silk.
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In the stars is written the death of every man.
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