The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
GEOFFREY CHAUCERTime lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
More Geoffrey Chaucer Quotes
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The cat would eat fish but would not get her feet wet.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.
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The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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All good things must come to an end.
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The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us.
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Many small make a great.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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A yokel mind loves stories from of old, Being the kind it can repeat and hold.
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How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.
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The fields have eyes, and the woods have ears.
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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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Time lost, as men may see, For nothing may recovered be.
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Patience is a conquering virtue.
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