Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTruth is the highest thing that man may keep.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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Death is the end of every worldly pain.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Mercy surpasses justice.
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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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All good things must come to an end.
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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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Look up on high, and thank the God of all.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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In general, women desire to rule over their husbands and lovers, to be the authority above them.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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Certain, when I was born, so long ago, Death drew the tap of life and let it flow; And ever since the tap has done its task, And now there’s little but an empty cask.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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For time lost may not recovered be.
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