If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
GEOFFREY CHAUCEROne 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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A love grown old is not the love once new.
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By God, if women had written stories, As clerks had within here oratories, They would have written of men more wickedness Than all the mark of Adam may redress.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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Every honest miller has a golden thumb.
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With empty hand no man can lure a hawk.
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And she was fair as is the rose in May.
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If were not foolish young, were foolish old.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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Many small make a great.
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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I’ll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not.
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