If gold rusts, what then can iron do?
GEOFFREY CHAUCERAnd so it is in politics, dear brother, Each for himself alone, there is no other.
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For in their hearts doth Nature stir them so Then people long on pilgrimage to go And palmers to be seeking foreign strands To distant shrines renowned in sundry lands.
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He loved chivalry, Truth and honor, freedom and courtesy.
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He is gentle that doeth gentle deeds.
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Make a virtue of necessity.
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That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.
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There’s no workman, whatsoever he be, That may both work well and hastily.
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Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.
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If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn’t marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.
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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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Forbid us something, and that thing we desire.
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The guilty think all talk is of themselves.
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What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.
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Abstinence is approved of God.
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All good things must come to an end.
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